Desert Flower

Waris!

Waris!

Mom says, we have to move on.

Her name is Fattuma.

You can't call a sheep like Allah's daughter.

Says who?

Waris, I don't want anything to separate us.

I'll never leave you alone! I Promise!

LONDON, YEARS LATER

I have nowhere else to go! I can't go back to Somalia!

Aren't you ashamed? Showing this white man your body ?

Our tradition is of no concern to them.

If you change what you are, then you are betraying your parents,

your people and your heritage.

Does your mother know what you are about to do? Shame on you!

Mommy, I am bleeding down there.

Good, it means

you are a woman now!

It's terribly painful.

All pain will pass.

okay

Waris, this is Galool Mohammed.

Come closer my dear, come closer.

Do you like my watch?

Waris, You will marry him

to be his fourth wife.

I arranged the wedding for tomorrow.

Mom, I will not marry him!

Galool Mohammed paid a lot for you. You can't say no.

Where are you going? - To grandmother.

Mogadishu! It's far away! I come with you!

No! They need you here, little brother!

Don't worry! In the city I earn lots of money

and then I come back to get you!

Mommy.

Mogadishu?

Yes. Hurry up.

Shut up!

Mommy!