Before Angelina Jolie, there was Mia Farrow, a woman who's lived a life that's been anything but boring.

 

Like Angelina, she was born from fame, with two famous parents in fact (director John Farrow and actress Maureen O'Sullivan). As a young woman she was friends with Salvador Dali. She hung out with The Beatles during their famed trip to India to see the Maharishi. She was married, famously to Frank Sinatra (when she was very young), Andre Previn and was a longtime partner of Woody Allen (which ended in massive controversy and heartbreak). Oh yes, she also has 15 children (11 adpoted) and is goodwill ambassador for Unicef.

 

And now, she's offering her freedom in exchange for Darfur rebel, Sudan Liberation Army Humanitarian Coordinator Suleiman Jamous.

 

According to Reuters:

 

"Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) Humanitarian Coordinator Suleiman Jamous has been confined to a U.N. hospital in Kordofan, neighboring Darfur, since the United Nations moved him there without permission last year.

 

"He needs a stomach biopsy which cannot be performed there.

 

"Khartoum said if he left he would be arrested, but has said it is open to talks on his release.

'Before his seizure, Mr. Jamous played a crucial role in bringing the SLA to the negotiating table and in seeking reconciliation between its divided rival factions,' Farrow said in the letter dated August 5.

 

"'I am therefore offering to take Mr. Jamous's place, to exchange my freedom for his in the knowledge of his importance to the civilians of Darfur and in the conviction that he will apply his energies toward creating the just and lasting peace that the Sudanese people deserve and hope for.'"

 

I admire people who are willing to sacrifice and I believe in Mia's passion but...what will Dr. Saperstein have to say about all of this?