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Desert Flower (Dirie Waris)
Desert Flower
Autor Dirie Waris
Verlag Virago Press Ltd (Imprint/Brand)
Sprache Englisch
Einband Kartonierter Einband (Kt)
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
Seiten 256 S.
Artikelnummer 9131646
ISBN 978-1-86049-758-2
CHF 18.50
Zusammenfassung
* Inspirational, dramatic and extraordinary - the autobiography of a Somalian nomad circumcised at 5, sold in marriage at 13, who became an American model and is now at the young age of 30, the UN spokeswoman against circumcision

Paperback edition of this remarkable story, recounting how Waris Diri ran away from her family in her native Somalia after being a victim of female circumcision, and became a successful model after being discovered working in a McDonalds in London. Illus.

Dirie's story is an extraordinary one.
Waris Dirie is an internationally renowned model. In 1997 she was appointed by the UN as special ambassador for women's rights in Africa, in its efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation. She lives in New York with her son. The film rights to her story have been sold to Elton John's production company, Rocket Pictures.