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Female Genital Mutilation - A Practice In 21st Century Britian

by alaaron | January 3, 2008 at 03:49 pm | 507 views | 1 comment
The girl is 15 years old but looks much younger. Her face has the fine-boned elegance typical of her native Somalia, but her accent belongs to the streets of East London. She is plainly terrified. That much is clear from the way she avoids eye contact and constantly fidgets in her chair.

"Promise you won't print my name or anything?" she implores repeatedly. "Promise no one will ever know that I've spoken to you? If people in my community find out, they'll say that I've betrayed them and I'll have to run away. And anyway, I don't want my parents to be sent to jail."

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LotusFlower
good stuff:

alaaron, I like this story. It's good stuff. A real issue highlighted here - thanks

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January 3, 2008 at 03:49 pm by alaaron, 507 views, 1 comment

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