In the current situation, it is very difficult for foreign NGOs to work in Somalia because it is so unstable and dangerous. I really hope that my country will one day rise out of this mess and reach the potential it has.

I've never been one to stay still. I was born a nomad, and I still am a nomad and always will be.

FGM breaches all human rights and has no place in any 21st century society.

I belong nowhere and to no one.

I don't know what a supermodel is. If they call me that, I might have to punch them. It's just so vain and so unreal.

My mother named me after a miracle of nature: Waris means desert flower. The desert flower blooms in a barren environment where few living things can survive.

Because women and girls are not valued equally as human beings, they are treated as less than such. Female genital mutilation is one example of this that has to be stopped.