Dubai Housewife Somali Kenyan Star Chanel Ayan Reveals her parents Circumcised her at Age 5 and tried to sell her at 14 to a an old man

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RHODubai Star Chanel Ayan Tearfully Reveals She Was Circumcised at Age 5: 'I'm Starting to Heal'

RHODubai Star Chanel Ayan Tearfully Reveals She Was Circumcised at Age 5: 'I'm Starting to Heal'

Chanel Ayan disclosed a heavy piece of information about her past on this week's episode of Real Housewives of Dubai.
During a hypnotherapy session, Chanel tearfully revealed that she and her older sister were circumcised as young children and their family had no idea.

"At 5-years-old, my aunt and my grandma came to pick us up to take us to another town," Chanel told the therapist as she held co-star Dr. Sara Al-Madani's hand. "And then the next morning at 6 a.m., I didn't know where I was going whatsoever and then they took us to this man's house and they just tied us on the bed and we were circumcised."

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The Kenyan-born model has previously shared details about her traumatic upbringing, including the fact that her father beat her. However, this was the first time she went further into the specifics of the abuse she suffered.

"I don't have a lot of memories because I feel like I block things," Chanel told the therapist.

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The mother to 20-year-old son Taj then recalled growing up in her own home with her parents and siblings, which included a lot of tears from her own mom.

"The crying, the sadness, the beatings," a weeping Chanel said while holding Sara's hand. "That's what I remember. A lot of pain."
As her therapist continued to unpack her previous trauma, Chanel went deeper into the description of her physical and emotional wounds.

"We were tied in the legs," Chanel shared with the women. "Couldn't pee. Couldn't move. When we needed to pee, they would carry us and put us on the grass. I just didn't understand what the hell was going on whatsoever and my mom didn't know that that was happening to us."

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Sara, who initially suggested the idea to attend a hypnotherapy session, thought this revelation could be part of why Chanel has had trouble meshing with certain ladies in the group.

"This explains about her behavior and how she is," Sara told the cameras, noting how this would make Chanel a better version of herself.

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Sara Al Madani
Because her vaginal area was sewn shut, Chanel needed to have the circumcision medically fixed.

After meeting now-husband Christopher, Chanel — who was a virgin at the time — went to the doctor so she could be physically intimate with her husband.

"I couldn't have sex," Chanel shared. "And then I had to wait until I healed."
Despite the hardships, Chanel revealed she has tried her hardest to find the silver lining in all of this.

"I've tried to understand," Chanel said in her confessional. "The reason that I'm talking about it is to bring awareness to it and I want people to understand this happens every single day, and if that's my mission, maybe that's what I should be doing."

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Chanel then revealed to the ladies that her father also unsuccessfully tried to sell her into marriage at age 14. "It didn't happen because my sister protected me," she explained.

"I actually love life, that is the sad part," Chanel continued. "I like to be happy. I have a good family, so I'm not going to say I'm a victim because I really am not. I have a good life. These are just the saddest things in my life, but I have a good life."

After breaking down her past traumas, the hypnotherapy aspect of the session finally began. Chanel was seen relaxing as Dr. Peta Cavanagh asked her to stand in a large garden and envision a majestic tree of her life.

The doctor then asked her to "break down" the tree with her eyes remaining closed — and almost immediately, Chanel appeared to feel better.

"I feel lighter," Chanel shared. "It's like the mountain is off my shoulder. I'm starting to heal. I'm starting to understand that I trusted people that hurt me, and they don't have power over me anymore."

As the session concluded, Chanel revealed that she had finally found forgiveness for those who once hurt her.
"I've chosen, for the first time in my life, to forgive them and accept what happened to me," she said. "I still have a lot of life and I still have a lot of love to give to myself."

The Real Housewives of Dubai finale airs next Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.

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RHODubai Star Chanel Ayan Tearfully Reveals She Was Circumcised at Age 5: 'I'm Starting to Heal'

"They just tied us on the bed and we were circumcised," Chanel Ayan revealed in this week's episode

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[Manafesto]

It looks like Somali women across the globe are milking the world with their stories,I actuallyhave no issue on my dear Halimo's hustle but I will appreciate if theyou be creative with the victimhood SOB stories.

Way too many Halimos did the FGM,Islam and all those repetitive subjects, they need to come up with new trend, something new like MO Farah'a child trafficking story, I want see 5yr next halimo claim she was a Slave back in Somalia as someone hailing from minority clan.

This is much believable and is also a much better way to grab sympthy and get your clout up than they cut my vagina specially when you have a son.

 

[Buuqraadis]

It looks like Somali women across the globe are milking the world with their stories,I actuallyhave no issue on my dear Halimo's hustle but I will appreciate if theyou be creative with the victimhood SOB stories.

Way too many Halimos did the FGM,Islam and all those repetitive subjects, they need to come up with new trend, something new like MO Farah'a child trafficking story, I want see 5yr next halimo claim she was a Slave back in Somalia as someone hailing from minority clan.

This is much believable and is also a much better way to grab sympthy and get your clout up than they cut my vagina specially when you have a son.

No vagina = no opinion on this

 

[Manafesto]

No vagina = no opinion on this

I am against FGM abaayo,I just don't like every halimo that gets some fame to focus other imporrant issues that is more important than FGM.

Things like minority slavery & abuse,marrying off minor girls and children living without a shelter or are suffering malnutrition, they will have all my support and respect if they bring those pressing issues instead.

 

[Based]

Somalis when they go big on gaalo television muh sympathy

 

[Manafesto]

By the way, male FGM is actually more painful and takes longer to heal than female FGM, that is facts.

 

[Basra]

RHODubai Star Chanel Ayan Tearfully Reveals She Was Circumcised at Age 5: 'I'm Starting to Heal'

"They just tied us on the bed and we were circumcised," Chanel Ayan revealed in this week's episode

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That show is annoying. Personally i can't have enough of Real House Wives of Beverly Hills. Watching them i feel like i am quite at home

 

[Periplus]

male FGM

Wdym “male FGM”

The F in FGM stands for female.

So what you’re saying is “Male Female Genital Mutilation”

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

By the way, male FGM is actually more painful and takes longer to heal than female FGM, that is facts.

Do you know what FGM is? It is as if they cut off half the penis and then sewn it to the testicles. There is no way in hell FGM is similar in pain and trauma to removing the foreskin.

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

FGM is HARAM, brutal and deranged and I feel sorry for those whose parents mutilated them.
It's literally called after the pagan shaydaan PHAROAH-Fircawn. Somalis clearly never let go of their pagan beliefs, funny how Arabs don't circumcise their daughters even the so-called "SUNNAH STYLE".

 

[Basra]

Do you know what FGM is? It is as if they cut off half the penis and then sewn it to the testicles. There is no way in hell FGM is similar in pain and trauma to removing the foreskin.

No FGM is removing the clitoris. I know because mine is missing. Its the part where when u get aroused, it gets hard.

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

No FGM is removing the clitoris. I know because mine is missing. Its the part where when u get aroused, it gets hard.

They remove the clitoris, the erogenous area because they want women to feel nothing down there but pain.

So, if a man was to be FGMIsed, his entire penis and testicles would be removed and he would be a ken doll down there.

 

[Basra]

They remove the clitoris, the erogenous area because they want women to feel nothing down there but pain.

So, if a man was to be FGMIsed, his entire penis and testicles would be removed and he would be a ken doll down there.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

Somalis should ask themselves what kind of "Islam" we practice when we are still holding onto this pagan culture. Somalis are also the only ethnic group I have heard of, whose 'religious' elite insists on "Sunnah" style circumcision.

You know what they do to FGMised girls when they consummate the marriage? the man has to 'rip' her open with his penis, or they cut her open, like a monstrous gift presented to the man to denote 'purity'. Islam kulaha. This is demonic, misogynist trash.

 

[Dima&Damo]

Sudanese eriterians and many more do it only the somalis makes post about it and interviews movies etc, in house matters should be taken care of in house

 

[Taij4an]

Wdym “male FGM”

The F in FGM stands for female.

So what you’re saying is “Male Female Genital Mutilation”

He went full retard

 

[Taij4an]

No FGM is removing the clitoris. I know because mine is missing. Its the part where when u get aroused, it gets hard.

U shared too much info
Also fgm in somalia is much more than that, they also get a hot iron and cauterize the vagina then sow it shut

 

[Awad]

By the way, male FGM is actually more painful and takes longer to heal than female FGM, that is facts.

Why are you trying to make males seem more victimized than women? Cucked mindset

 

[Abaq]

Sunnah female circumcision is clitoral hood reduction. It is a cosmetic procedure that actually happens even in Western countries. Google it

 

[Dontcomefome]

Is this the same lady who said I love you in Somali means I'm that