THE PAIN AND THE HUMILIATION!!! THIS IS A PRACTICE THAT REINFORCES MALE CONCEPTS OF SUPERIORITY! WOMEN ARE VERY POWERFUL SEXUALLY & THIS HAS BEEN A POINT OF HATRED BY MEN WORLDWIDE. IT'S UNFORTUNATE, THAT WOMEN ARE THE ONES WHO MAINTAIN THIS PRACTICE TODAY!
Soraya is an ungrateful human being and has financially exploited many including me in making this film. In 1993 I in good faith loaned her fifteen hundred dollars , from my student loans at UCLA, toward the making of this film. For 7 years there after Ms actively avoided me, cursing me on the occasions our paths crossed. For the last 10 years Ive been living in Japan, and upon seeing her on a recent trip to LA, Ms Mire has conveniently forgotten.
im disgusted with mens response. but in all honesty its women who support this custom back at home i mean, i've come across many women who make fun of girls who arent circumcised and taunt them with questions like, what man will marry you etc etc i hope as somali ppl and as muslims we can discard this part of our culture knowing that Islam does not approve of it.
@ridwana81 DO YOUR RESEARCH & YOU WILL FIND THAT "IGNORANT" PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST (ARABS), NORTH AFRIKA & MEDITERRANEAN COMPLY WITH THIS ANCIENT EVIL PRACTICE OF SUBJUGATING FEMININE SEXUALITY! RESEARCH & BE BETTER INFORMED!
Just by coincidence, before I saw this online today, I had mentioned Fire Eyes this afternoon to an Ethiopian born woman (Coptic Christian - Ethiopian Orthodox) who was cut as an infant. Her son was born in the U.S. and she refused to circumcise him. Her grandson is now 4 and also intact. She knew that cutting any child's healthy body is wrong. She had stopped to talk to me at my protest outside the U of Chicago hospital.
Thank you for putting this online. I saw FIRE EYES first at the public library in Singapore. Female Genital Mutilation occurs in several forms and not just in Africa.
This film is an eye-opener to the people of the world. I truly admire the bravery and boldness of a woman like Soraya Mire'. It's not that she's going against chastity which, apparently is what their culture and practice is protecting and preserving. Rather, she's upholding the dignity of a woman and her body and Humankind as a whole.
Fire Eyes is an amazing film. With the severe oppression a woman from Soraya Mire's culture grows up with it is a major triumph that this film was made. Mire is a hero because she expresses her mind, despite the many attempts to censor her truth.
THE PAIN AND THE HUMILIATION!!! THIS IS A PRACTICE THAT REINFORCES MALE CONCEPTS OF SUPERIORITY! WOMEN ARE VERY POWERFUL SEXUALLY & THIS HAS BEEN A POINT OF HATRED BY MEN WORLDWIDE. IT'S UNFORTUNATE, THAT WOMEN ARE THE ONES WHO MAINTAIN THIS PRACTICE TODAY!
OyaRevolutionary 4 months ago
Its not about the money Ms Mire, its about the principle and your convenient amnesia. I gave you my financial aid when I was a starving student.
blackpassenger 11 months ago
Soraya is an ungrateful human being and has financially exploited many including me in making this film. In 1993 I in good faith loaned her fifteen hundred dollars , from my student loans at UCLA, toward the making of this film. For 7 years there after Ms actively avoided me, cursing me on the occasions our paths crossed. For the last 10 years Ive been living in Japan, and upon seeing her on a recent trip to LA, Ms Mire has conveniently forgotten.
blackpassenger 11 months ago
somalian savages
Viruspirate 1 year ago
It sickens me to the stomach that this happens, evil.
TheRanibow 1 year ago
thanks for sharing.
kemetianqueen7 2 years ago
im disgusted with mens response. but in all honesty its women who support this custom back at home i mean, i've come across many women who make fun of girls who arent circumcised and taunt them with questions like, what man will marry you etc etc i hope as somali ppl and as muslims we can discard this part of our culture knowing that Islam does not approve of it.
ridwana81 2 years ago
not part of islam, somali culture and its ignorance. ppl in third world countries are obsessed with virgnity.
ridwana81 2 years ago
@ridwana81 DO YOUR RESEARCH & YOU WILL FIND THAT "IGNORANT" PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST (ARABS), NORTH AFRIKA & MEDITERRANEAN COMPLY WITH THIS ANCIENT EVIL PRACTICE OF SUBJUGATING FEMININE SEXUALITY! RESEARCH & BE BETTER INFORMED!
OyaRevolutionary 4 months ago
Just by coincidence, before I saw this online today, I had mentioned Fire Eyes this afternoon to an Ethiopian born woman (Coptic Christian - Ethiopian Orthodox) who was cut as an infant. Her son was born in the U.S. and she refused to circumcise him. Her grandson is now 4 and also intact. She knew that cutting any child's healthy body is wrong. She had stopped to talk to me at my protest outside the U of Chicago hospital.
dts6b 2 years ago
Thank you for putting this online. I saw FIRE EYES first at the public library in Singapore. Female Genital Mutilation occurs in several forms and not just in Africa.
dts6b 2 years ago
Viewers Comment for Fire Eyes
This film is an eye-opener to the people of the world. I truly admire the bravery and boldness of a woman like Soraya Mire'. It's not that she's going against chastity which, apparently is what their culture and practice is protecting and preserving. Rather, she's upholding the dignity of a woman and her body and Humankind as a whole.
SORAYAMIRE2009 2 years ago
Fire Eyes is an amazing film. With the severe oppression a woman from Soraya Mire's culture grows up with it is a major triumph that this film was made. Mire is a hero because she expresses her mind, despite the many attempts to censor her truth.
Bonobo3D 2 years ago