Fadumo korn biography

Born in 1964, Fadumo Korn works for FORWARD - Germany, e.V, a non-governmental charitable organization dedicated to improving the health and well-being of African womenand girls, and to promoting action to stop harmful tradition practices such as.
SIDELIGHTS: Fadumo Korn was born into a nomadic tribe in Somalia.
Fadumo Korn was born in 1964 to a nomadic family in rural Somalia.

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Born in the Big Rains: A Memoir of Somalia and Survival

"Anti-FGM (female genital mutilation) activist Fadumo Korn forthrightly describes her brutal circumcision at age seven and her long and agonizing path to physical and psychological recovery." "As a child, Fadumo freely roams the steppes of Somalia until her mother delivers her into the hands of an excisor to undergo a horrific "ritual" cutting to make her a woman in the eyes of her tribe. When complications ensue - and escalate - Fadumo travels to the sprawling capital of Mogadishu and the household of a relative who is close to the incoming Somali president. The girl then experiences firsthand a world of incongruous luxury amid political instability in a country on the edge of civil war. Fadumo's condition later becomes so life threatening that she is sent for treatment to Germany, where she recovers. Eventually, Fadumo marries and, following corrective surgery, she bears a child." "Fadumo Korn weaves together a sensitive understanding of traditional practices with revelations about their disturbing effects. This memoir

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20th Karlsruhe Dialogues - Speakers

General Studies. Forum Science and Society (FORUM)

Talk in the theatre - We are Europe!

Fadumo Korn

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Fadumo Korn was born in 1964 to a nomadic family in rural Somalia. She was circumcised at the age of eight and suffered significant health problems as a result of this. She was thus sent, in 1972, to her uncle in the capital city Mogadishu, who later sent her to Italy, and ultimately to Germany. Fadumo Korn has been living in Germany since 1979. Her biography Geboren im großen Regen was published in 2004 and garnered her fame in the German-speaking world. She followed this up with her book Schwester Löwenherz. Eine mutige Afrikanerin kämpft für Menschenrechte (2009). Korn is the first chairperson of the registered NALA association, which campaigns against female genital mutilation. She has been invited by various international organisations, institutions, and agencies to give readings and lectures. Korn has received numerous awards and honours for her great commitment and ded

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Born in the Big Rains: A Memoir of Somalia and Survival

August 17, 2013

In The Flying Carpet of Small Miracles, which I read earlier this year, the author recalls meeting a young girl who had just lost her leg:

Marwa looked down at her stump, covered her eyes with both hands, and burst into tears. I realized that this was not just an innocent child coming to terms with the loss of a limb. She had also lost any prospect of a happy marriage one day. In a poorly educated community in Baghdad, there would be no suitors, no falling in love, no netting a nice young husband. If she married at all, it would be either to a much older man looking for a younger second or third wife, or to a cousin who would have to be talked into it as a favor to the family. More likely, she was destined to become an unwanted spinster. Marwa was grieving not only for her leg but for her future. (79)

How is this relevant to Born in the Big Rains? Well, in a way Marwa and Fadumo Korn were in similar situations -- the former crippled by war, the latter facing the effects of a botched circumcision. Marwa is on