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Filmmaker · Somalia

Soraya Mire

Born in 1961 in Somalia, Soraya Mire left her country in 1978, at seventeen, and lived in Italy, Germany, Switzerland and France before settling in the United States. A filmmaker, screenwriter and producer, she has devoted most of her work to the fight against female genital mutilation, acted in Eve Ensler's play in London and on Broadway, and received a United Nations humanitarian award. She published her memoirs in 2011.

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