# Soraya Miré (Suraya Miira)

> Soraya Miré (born 1961): Beledweyne-born filmmaker of Fire Eyes (1994) and author of The Girl with Three Legs.

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## Who is she?

Soraya Miré is a Somali writer, filmmaker and activist against female genital mutilation (FGM) ([Wikipedia, Soraya Miré](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soraya_Mir%C3%A9)). See [female genital cutting](/en/society/female-genital-cutting/).

## Early life

She was born in Beledweyne in 1961 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soraya_Mir%C3%A9)). She has said she underwent infibulation at 13 (same source).

## Fire Eyes

Her documentary *[Fire Eyes](/en/books/the-girl-with-three-legs-mire/): Female Circumcision* was released in 1994 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soraya_Mir%C3%A9)). It opens with her account of her own FGM and includes interviews with others involved in the practice (same source).

## Memoir

In 2011 she published *The Girl with Three Legs: A Memoir*, written with Eve Ensley ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soraya_Mir%C3%A9)). See [Waris Dirie](/en/people/waris-dirie/), [Leyla Hussein](/en/people/leyla-hussein/) and [Nimco Ali](/en/people/nimco-ali/), who also campaign against FGM.

## In short

A Beledweyne-born filmmaker whose 1994 film Fire Eyes was about FGM.

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