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INTERNATIONAL NEWS Andrea Bruce The Washington Post FEMALE CIRCUMCISION IN KURDISTANA midwife slices part of Sheelan Anwar Omer’s, 7, clitoris while performing a circumcision in Tuz Khurmatu, Iraq, on Aug. 25, 2008. Omer is held by her mother and a local woman. Maharoub Juwad Nawchas, the 40-year-old midwife, also delivered Omer and is a trusted and valued member of the neighborhood. Female circumcision is a rite of passage for most girls in Kurdistan. It is meant to “cleanse” them of improper or sexual thoughts and actions.

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Andrea Bruce

The Washington Post

FEMALE CIRCUMCISION IN KURDISTAN
A midwife slices part of Sheelan Anwar Omer’s, 7, clitoris while performing a circumcision in Tuz Khurmatu, Iraq, on Aug. 25, 2008. Omer is held by her mother and a local woman. Maharoub Juwad Nawchas, the 40-year-old midwife, also delivered Omer and is a trusted and valued member of the neighborhood. Female circumcision is a rite of passage for most girls in Kurdistan. It is meant to “cleanse” them of improper or sexual thoughts and actions.