Here's the link to a part of the transcript, however, if you type in her name into Youtube, you can get a clip of her views there!
Excellent read and a powerful personality. The video is in Arabic, but I was able to follow along on the subtitles, which are easy to read and in large text. There was another interview, in line with Jamshiri's, attacking the female genital mutilation that is practiced in places like Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Yemen, and the UAE. Young girls have their clitoris cut off, or reduced in size, the removal of the labia (the folds), and resulting in less sexual response in the girls (on the exterior, the interior can still respond, but without a clitoris, it is often unstimulating). The man defending the practice ignobly stated that it was a sign of a girl's purity, if she was castrated like that and he had personally taken his young sisters to have their bodies cut away at. THE unfortunate fact is that this practice is a testament tot he weak status a female has in the Middle Eastern region, because her rights are violated and her body is mutilated when she is too young to be able to make her own decisions like this. The scholar arguing FOR IT plainly stated that if a woman is not mutilated, how are they to know she is pure? Why? Because mutilation, in laymen terms, is physical proof that she cannot have sex. When the man wants to penetrate her body, they have to do another surgial procedure that OPENS the Vaginal entrance, allowing intercourse. So, if she is mutilated, and they need to give her to a husband, they can be sure of her purity. This practice is also available for immigrant populations in Canada, U.S, and EU.
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I read an article like this a week ago. It is a very painful process for these girls. They are held down by about 5 or 6 women and one of them gives them the procedure. There isn't a particular tool that they use; it is whatever is sharp and around the house. Gential Mutation can lead to many infections or the girl can even bleed to death.
I don't like this idea at all because of all the risks. I hope that soon their culture will see this and hopefully they will stop this practice.
There are times when I would say leave it be, that's the culture, it's just what they practice. But this is one issue where I have to put my foot down. Genital mutilation, as was mentioned, can cause to many medical problems, and it's just completely unnecessary. The circumcision of males I can understand: The foreskin of the penis has no real use, but for females--unnecessary pain for, if you'd like to call it so, a useful part of the organ.
peace,
ashley