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| Waris Dirie er et af 12 børn, som er født ind i en traditionel familie af ørkennomader i Somalia. | Waris Dirie is one of 12 children born onto a traditional family of desert nomads in Somalia. |
| Da hun var 12 arrangerede hendes far et ægteskab mellem Waris og en tresårig mand i bytte for fem kameler. | When she was 12, her father arranged a marriage between Waris and a sixty-year-old man, in exchange for five camels. |
| Waris løb imidlertid væk. | However, Waris ran away. |
| Hun formåede at krydse den somaliske ørken og nå hovedstaden. | She managed to cross the Somalian desert and reach the capital. |
| I Mogadishu boede hun sammen med en tante. | In Mogadishu, she stayed with an aunt. |
| Senere kom hun til England, hvor hun arbejdede som tjenestepige for sin onkel. | Later, she made it to England where she worked as a maid for her uncle. |
| I London lærte Waris sig selv at læse og skrive. | In London Waris taught herself to read and write. |
| En dag hos McDonald’s blev Waris opdaget af en modefotograf. | One day, at McDonald’s, Waris was discovered by a fashion photographer. |
