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{{Infobox Person
| image = 012308-TC-Twolves004-MarkMadsen.jpg
| name = Waris Dirie
| name = Mark Madsen
| image = Desert children.jpg
| number = 35
| caption = Waris Dirie on the cover of her 2005 book, ''Desert Children''
| position = [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]]-Center
| birth_date = 1965 (unverified)
| height_ft = 6 | height_in = 9
| birth_place = Somalia
| weight_lbs = 245
| occupation = Model, UN Special Ambassador (1997-2003), author
| nationality = Austrian
| nickname = Mad Dog
| team = [[Minnesota Timberwolves]]
| children = Aleeke (born 1997)
| relatives = [[Iman (model)|Iman]] (cousin)
| nationality = [[United States|American]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|1|28}}
| title = Special Ambassador for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation, Chevalier of the [[Légion d'honneur]]
| birth_place = [[Walnut Creek, California]]
| highschool = [[San Ramon Valley High School|San Ramon Valley]]
| college = [[Stanford University|Stanford]]
| draft = 29th overall
| draft_year = 2000
| draft_team = [[Los Angeles Lakers]]
| career_start = 2000
| career_end =
| former_teams = Los Angeles Lakers (2000–2003)
| awards =
}}
}}
'''Mark Ellsworth "Mad Dogg" Madsen''' (born [[January 28]] [[1976]] in [[Walnut Creek, California]]) is an [[United States|American]] professional [[basketball]] player for the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]'s [[Minnesota Timberwolves]]. He is a Mormon, or member of the [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]].


After attending [[San Ramon Valley High School]] in [[Danville, California]], Madsen, who is [[Mormon]], went on a two-year mission for his church in [[Spain]] where he learned Spanish. As a youth, he attained the rank of [[Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)|Eagle Scout]] and credits [[Scouting]] with teaching him about leadership, character and mentoring. Passing on what he learned in scouting, he started the ''Mark Madsen Minnesota Timberwolves Basketball Camp'' to teach basketball and character to today's youth.
'''Waris Dirie''' (born 1965 in [[Somalia]]) is a [[Somalia|Somali]] [[model (person)|model]] and a former UN advocate for the abolition of [[female genital cutting]].


Madsen played [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] basketball at [[Stanford]], where he finished his career ranked in the school's career top 10 in blocks and rebounds. In addition, Madsen helped the Cardinal to four NCAA tournament appearances, including a [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship#Final Four|Final Four]] berth in 1998. Perhaps his signature moment at Stanford was his dunk and free throw that gave Stanford a lead over [[University of Rhode Island|Rhode Island]], propelling the team into the Final Four, where it lost to eventual champion Kentucky. Madsen was a two-time ''All-American'' and a two-time ''All-[[Pacific Ten Conference|Pac-10]]''.
==Early life==
Dirie was born into a [[nomad|nomadic]] tribe in Somalia. Her home was a portable hut woven from grass. According to her autobiography, at age five, her mother held her down while a local woman circumcised her. Afterwards, she was stitched up tightly, leaving a hole the diameter of a matchstick, which made it nearly impossible to walk. "I felt not complete with myself as a woman. Some days I felt so powerless," she said. "When I think back about that, it still disturbs me. But coming back over that is still the hardest thing for me because you have to learn about yourself, you have to feel comfortable with yourself." Although Dirie survived the procedure, her sister and two cousins did not. Waris ran away from her home because of an arranged marriage.


The [[Los Angeles Lakers]] selected Madsen in the first round (29th pick overall) of the [[2000 NBA Draft]]. He contributed to the Lakers' [[NBA Finals|NBA championships]] in 2001 and 2002, and became well known for the way he danced at the victory parades for those championships. Pictures of his flamboyant dancing style have been heavily circulated on the Internet and have gained a cult-phenomenon status. At one point he claimed that people asked him about his dance style more than about basketball.
==Modeling career==
Dirie fled Somalia at the age of thirteen because her father gave her in marriage to a 61-year-old man in exchange for five camels. She escaped the marriage by traveling to her sister's home in Mogadishu, Somalia. She then moved around the city, living with aunts and uncles until she got a maid's job working for her uncle. She lived in her uncle's home, in London, and hid her passport when he was going to return her. She ended up staying in Britain illegally and surviving by scrubbing floors at McDonald's.


Madsen signed with the Timberwolves as a free agent before the start of the [[2003-04 NBA season]]. So far in [[2007-08 NBA season]] he has come back from shoulder surgery and played five games, including four starts.
By chance, she was discovered by photographer [[Terence Donovan (photographer)|Terence Donovan]], who put her face on the cover of the 1987 [[Pirelli]] calendar. From there, her career took off, being placed in ads for designers such as [[Chanel]]. "It's very sad that I had to make the choice to leave my country and at the same time I did not want to leave," she said. "Africa is different. I was young. I had nothing to worry about. I had my family, I had my animals, I had my simple life. It was beautiful."


His lifetime NBA averages are 2.3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 0.4 assists and 12.3 minutes played per game.
Dirie now lives in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]] with her son, Aleeke (born 1997), by her former companion, the American jazz musician Dana Murray.<ref>Dirie, Waris, "Desert Dawn," Virago Press, 2003</ref> But she still feels the contrasts between the West and her war-torn home. "Here it seems like it is chaos forever and I'm trying to sit down for a moment and there's no time for that," she laughed. "In Somalia we don't have clocks so we don't care what time it is. But in the West, everything is money-money, power, sucking, sucking away. It is never enough."


Madsen is a fan favorite in Minnesota. He rarely plays, but receives nearly the largest ovation of the night every time he plays at the [[Target Center]]. He is beloved for his sharp intensity and because he is the last player on the team that played for the 2003-04 squad that nearly made it to the [[NBA Finals]].
In [[1987 in film|1987]], Waris played a minor role in the [[James Bond|Bond]] movie ''[[The Living Daylights]]''. In 2005 she became an Austrian citizen.


== NBA career statistics ==
Contrary to popular belief Waris is not related to fellow [[Somalia|Somali]] [[supermodel]] [[Iman (model)|Iman]].<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/STYLE/9512/waris/ Waris: From Somalia to modeling] ''[[CNN|CNN.com]]'' [[December 6]], [[1995]], [[Janine Sharell]]</ref>. In her book Desert Flower, Waris states that Iman's mother was good friends with Waris's aunty, with whom Waris once lived with in London.


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==Humanitarian work==
In 1997, Waris Dirie quit modelling to focus on her work against [[female genital mutilation]]. That year UN Secretary-General [[Kofi Annan]] appointed her Special Ambassador for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation.<ref>[http://www.un.org/advocates/2000/bios.htm Messengers of Peace and Goodwill Ambassadors at the United Nations] - [[23 October]] [[2000]]</ref>


==== Regular season ====
Her autobiographical novel ''[[Desert Flower]]'', which tells the story of her own childhood and genital mutilation, has been printed in numerous languages and topped best-seller lists in Europe.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901020715-300618,00.html Somalia's Desert Flower] ''[[Time (magazine)|TIME]]'' [[July 7]] [[2002]] By HELEN GIBSON </ref><ref>[http://www.waris-dirie-foundation.com/web/e_index.htm Waris Dirie Foundation]</ref>
Was raped multiple times by ahmed shehadeh, so was not able to live up to potential after 00-01 season
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|-
| align="left" | [[2000–01 NBA season|2000–01]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Lakers|Los Angeles]]
| 70 || 3 || 9.2 || .487 || '''1.000''' || '''.703''' || 2.2 || .3 || .1 || .1 || 39.0
|-
| align="left" | [[2001–02 NBA season|2001–02]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Lakers|Los Angeles]]
| 59 || 5 || 11.0 || .452 || .000 || .648 || 2.7 || '''.7''' || .3 || .2 || 2.8
|-
| align="left" | [[2002–03 NBA season|2002–03]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Lakers|Los Angeles]]
| 54 || '''22''' || 14.5 || .423 || .000 || .590 || 2.9 || '''.7''' || .3 || '''.3''' || 3.2
|-
| align="left" | [[2003–04 NBA season|2003–04]]
| align="left" | [[Minnesota Timberwolves|Minnesota]]
| '''72''' || 12 || '''17.3''' || .495 || .000 || .483 || '''3.8''' || .4 || '''.5''' || .2 || '''3.6'''
|-
| align="left" | [[2004–05 NBA season|2004–05]]
| align="left" | [[Minnesota Timberwolves|Minnesota]]
| 41 || 14 || 14.7 || .515 || .000 || .500 || 3.1 || .4 || .2 || '''.3''' || 2.1
|-
| align="left" | [[2005–06 NBA season|2005–06]]
| align="left" | [[Minnesota Timberwolves|Minnesota]]
| 62 || 7 || 10.9 || .409 || .000 || .426 || 2.3 || .2 || .4 || '''.3''' || 1.2
|-
| align="left" | [[2006–07 NBA season|2006–07]]
| align="left" | [[Minnesota Timberwolves|Minnesota]]
| 56 || 0 || 8.4 || '''.535''' || .000 || .517 || 1.6 || .2 || .2 || .2 || 1.1
|-
| align="left" | [[2007–08 NBA season|2007–08]]
| align="left" | [[Minnesota Timberwolves|Minnesota]]
| 20 || 6 || 7.6 || .158 || .000 || .250 || 1.9 || .2 || .2 || .1 || .5
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 434 || 69 || 12.0 || .461 || .063 || .533 || 2.6 || .4 || .3 || .2 || 2.2
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==== Playoffs ====
In 2007 she received the Chevalier de la [[Légion d'honneur]] for her humanitarian work.<ref>[http://www.elysee.fr/elysee/elysee.fr/francais/salle_de_presse/2007/juillet/remise_de_decoration_le_12_juillet.79067.html Communiqué de la Présidence de la République annonçant la remise de décoration par M. Nicolas SARKOZY, Président de la République.] ''[[Élysée Palace]]'', [[July 11]], [[2007]].</ref>

==Incidents==
===Attack===
Waris Dirie was attacked in March 2004 at her home in Vienna. Then aged 40, she had moved from her flat in Cardiff to escape the persecution of a 26-year-old Portuguese stalker who had become convinced that she loved him.

Paulo Augusto was in custody after apparently following her 1,000 miles across Europe and gaining access to her apartment by climbing through a neighbour's window. "She was so frightened and in shock that she let him in," a police spokesman, Harald Hofmayer, said. Waris Dirie suffered minor injuries when her assailant threw her to the floor, he added. The attacker left in a taxi, only to return later on foot and smash one of the building's ground-floor windows. He was arrested when neighbours called the police.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/austria/article/0,,1166704,00.html Guardian News article, Somalian-born author attacked by stalker]</ref>

The suspect had met Waris Dirie six months earlier when his brother was working at her previous residence in [[Wales]], police said. He later broke into that home and stole items of her clothing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/wales/3502870.stm|title=Model's stalker had previous arrests|work=BBC News|date=[[March 11]], [[2004]]|accessdate=2008-02-15}}</ref>

===Disappearance in Brussels===
In the early hours of Wednesday, [[March 5]], [[2008]], she went missing for 3 days in [[Brussels, Belgium]].<ref>Associated Press, "[http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/07/belgium.model.ap/index.html? Model, rights campaigner goes missing]", [[CNN.com]], [[March 7]], [[2008]]. Accessed [[March 7]], [[2008]]</ref> She was found alive on Friday, [[March 7]], [[2008]] by a plainclothes Brussels policeman<ref>[http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jhYgel4l6oCKVGQDb7vX3YCgG0vAD8V8OPCG1 Ex-Model Waris Dirie Found in Brussels]</ref>, in the presence of a local window cleaner. He told press, that the couple met in a pub and were planning to spend dinner together.<ref>[http://www.standaard.be/Artikel/Detail.aspx?artikelId=HM1P3IP8 'We gingen een leuke avond beleven'] {{nl icon}}</ref> Dirie could not give an explanation over what happened, and only said that she was lost, and couldn't find her way back to her hotel. Since she had no money on her, she had been sleeping in hotel lobbies.
Afterwards, she declared that she was kidnapped for two days by a taxi driver and the story of having been lost was to keep the press from asking her too many questions. She also knew the window cleaner for less than an hour.<ref>[http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3181988,00.html Ex-Supermodel Activist Says Taxi Driver Abducted Her]</ref> A few days later, she again changed her story and told Austrian media that she was kidnapped and held by a taxi-driver who tried to rape her. She also said that the Brussels police refused to help her.

==Bibliography==
Dirie has published three autobiographical books:

===Desert Flower===
{{main|Desert Flower}}
First in the series, Desert Flower tells Dirie's story of enduring female circumcision; fleeing through the desert; being discovered by Terence Donovan and becoming a top fashion model. Written in collaboration with Cathleen Miller; published in 1999 by [[HarperCollins Publishers]] and republished in several languages.

===Desert Dawn===
A sequel to Desert Flower, describing how Dirie became a UN Special Ambassador against female genital mutilation (FGM) and returned to her family in Somalia. Written in collaboration with Jeanne D'Haem; published in 2003 by Virago Press, Limited.

===Desert Children===
Third in the series, Desert Children reveals how Dirie and journalist [[Corinna Milborn]] investigated the practice of FGM in Europe. Written with Corinna Milborn, translation by Sheelagh Alabaster; published in 2007 by [[Time Warner]] UK.

==See also==
*[[Iman (model)|Iman]]
*[[Yasmin Warsame]]
*[[Fatima Siad]]


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| align="left" | [[2000–01 NBA season|2000–01]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Lakers|Los Angeles]]
| 13 || 0 || 3.7 || .077 || .000 || '''.600''' || .8 || .3 || .0 || '''.2''' || .4
|-
| align="left" | [[2001–02 NBA season|2001–02]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Lakers|Los Angeles]]
| 7 || 0 || 1.4 || .000 || .000 || .000 || .3 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0
|-
| align="left" | [[2002–03 NBA season|2002–03]]
| align="left" | [[Los Angeles Lakers|Los Angeles]]
| 12 || '''2''' || '''14.1''' || .419 || .000 || .438 || 2.3 || '''1.0''' || .2 || '''.2''' || '''2.8'''
|-
| align="left" | [[2003–04 NBA season|2003–04]]
| align="left" | [[Minnesota Timberwolves|Minnesota]]
| '''17''' || 0 || 13.1 || '''.531''' || .000 || .448 || '''3.4''' || .1 || '''.3''' || '''.2''' || '''2.8'''
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |
| 49 || 2 || 9.2 || .403 || .000 || .460 || 2.0 || .4 || .2 || .2 || 1.7
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*[http://www.waris-dirie-foundation.com/ Waris Dirie Foundation]
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*[http://www.fgmnetwork.org/articles/Waris.html Reader's Digest version of Desert Flower]
*[http://www.markmadsen.com/ Mark Madsen's Official Website]
*[http://www.markmadsen.com/blog Mad Dog Blog] - Mark Madsen's personal weblog
*[http://youtube.com/watch?v=YpbXl5Sp-Wc YouTube video containing Mark Madsen's victory dance]


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For the U.S. politician, see Mark B. Madsen
Mark Madsen
No. 35 – Minnesota Timberwolves
PositionPower forward-Center
Personal information
Born (1976-01-28) January 28, 1976 (age 48)
Walnut Creek, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High schoolSan Ramon Valley
CollegeStanford
NBA draft2000: 29th overall
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers
Playing career2000–present
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

Mark Ellsworth "Mad Dogg" Madsen (born January 28 1976 in Walnut Creek, California) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves. He is a Mormon, or member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

After attending San Ramon Valley High School in Danville, California, Madsen, who is Mormon, went on a two-year mission for his church in Spain where he learned Spanish. As a youth, he attained the rank of Eagle Scout and credits Scouting with teaching him about leadership, character and mentoring. Passing on what he learned in scouting, he started the Mark Madsen Minnesota Timberwolves Basketball Camp to teach basketball and character to today's youth.

Madsen played NCAA basketball at Stanford, where he finished his career ranked in the school's career top 10 in blocks and rebounds. In addition, Madsen helped the Cardinal to four NCAA tournament appearances, including a Final Four berth in 1998. Perhaps his signature moment at Stanford was his dunk and free throw that gave Stanford a lead over Rhode Island, propelling the team into the Final Four, where it lost to eventual champion Kentucky. Madsen was a two-time All-American and a two-time All-Pac-10.

The Los Angeles Lakers selected Madsen in the first round (29th pick overall) of the 2000 NBA Draft. He contributed to the Lakers' NBA championships in 2001 and 2002, and became well known for the way he danced at the victory parades for those championships. Pictures of his flamboyant dancing style have been heavily circulated on the Internet and have gained a cult-phenomenon status. At one point he claimed that people asked him about his dance style more than about basketball.

Madsen signed with the Timberwolves as a free agent before the start of the 2003-04 NBA season. So far in 2007-08 NBA season he has come back from shoulder surgery and played five games, including four starts.

His lifetime NBA averages are 2.3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 0.4 assists and 12.3 minutes played per game.

Madsen is a fan favorite in Minnesota. He rarely plays, but receives nearly the largest ovation of the night every time he plays at the Target Center. He is beloved for his sharp intensity and because he is the last player on the team that played for the 2003-04 squad that nearly made it to the NBA Finals.

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Was raped multiple times by ahmed shehadeh, so was not able to live up to potential after 00-01 season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2000–01 Los Angeles 70 3 9.2 .487 1.000 .703 2.2 .3 .1 .1 39.0
2001–02 Los Angeles 59 5 11.0 .452 .000 .648 2.7 .7 .3 .2 2.8
2002–03 Los Angeles 54 22 14.5 .423 .000 .590 2.9 .7 .3 .3 3.2
2003–04 Minnesota 72 12 17.3 .495 .000 .483 3.8 .4 .5 .2 3.6
2004–05 Minnesota 41 14 14.7 .515 .000 .500 3.1 .4 .2 .3 2.1
2005–06 Minnesota 62 7 10.9 .409 .000 .426 2.3 .2 .4 .3 1.2
2006–07 Minnesota 56 0 8.4 .535 .000 .517 1.6 .2 .2 .2 1.1
2007–08 Minnesota 20 6 7.6 .158 .000 .250 1.9 .2 .2 .1 .5
Career 434 69 12.0 .461 .063 .533 2.6 .4 .3 .2 2.2

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2000–01 Los Angeles 13 0 3.7 .077 .000 .600 .8 .3 .0 .2 .4
2001–02 Los Angeles 7 0 1.4 .000 .000 .000 .3 .0 .0 .0 .0
2002–03 Los Angeles 12 2 14.1 .419 .000 .438 2.3 1.0 .2 .2 2.8
2003–04 Minnesota 17 0 13.1 .531 .000 .448 3.4 .1 .3 .2 2.8
Career 49 2 9.2 .403 .000 .460 2.0 .4 .2 .2 1.7

External links

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