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Desert Flower
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Desert Flower Paperback - 1999

by Waris Dirie

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  • Title Desert Flower
  • Author Waris Dirie
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition New Ed
  • Condition UsedGood The cover is clean but does show some wear.
  • Pages 238
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Virago Press (UK), United Kingdom
  • Date January 18, 1999
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 49FUKR001XZL_ns
  • ISBN 9781860497582 / 1860497586
  • Ages 14 to 18 years
  • Grade levels 9 - 13
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.420

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Summary

Waris Dirie leads a double life -- by day, she is an international supermodel and human rights ambassador for the United Nations; by night, she dreams of the simplicity of life in her native Somalia and the family she was forced to leave behind. Desert Flower, her intimate and inspiring memoir, is a must-read for anyone who has ever wondered about the beauty of African life, the chaotic existence of a supermodel, or the joys of new motherhood.Waris was born into a traditional Somali family, desert nomads who engaged in such ancient and antiquated customs as genital mutilation and arranged marriage. At twelve, she fled an arranged marriage to an old man and traveled alone across the dangerous Somali desert to Mogadishu -- the first leg of an emotional journey that would take her to London as a house servant, around the world as a fashion model, and eventually to America, where she would find peace in motherhood and humanitarian work for the U.N.Today, as Special Ambassador for the U.N., she travels the world speaking out against the barbaric practice of female genital mutilation, promoting women's reproductive rights, and educating people about the Africa she fled -- but still deeply loves.Desert Flower will be published simultaneously in eleven languages throughout the world and is currently being produced as a feature film by Rocket Pictures UK.

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