Desert flower is about waris dirie, the model from somalia who. Female genital mutilation targets little girls, baby girls fragile angels who are helpless, who cannot. The extraordinary journey of a desert nomad is an autobiographical book written by waris dirie and cathleen miller, published in 1998 about. Dirie was one of 12 children born into a large nomadic family living near somalias border with ethiopia. Education is the most powerful weapon in the fight against female genital mutilation fgm. Cathleen miller circled the globe to interview sources for her latest book. Waris, one of 12 children, was born into a traditional family of desert nomads in east africa. The main characters of this non fiction, biography story are. Waris dirie was born in the african desert, and she stayed a nomad her whole life. All about waris diries big educational initiative in africa. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 240 pages and is available in paperback format.
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An internationally recognized supermodel, waris dirie is a united nations special ambassador who travels the world as an articulate and passionate advocate of human rights. The white country is too cold and dismissive for her to put down roots. She served as united nations special ambassador for the elimination of fgm. She survived of the dangerous somalian desert, she got to london. See all books authored by waris dirie, including desert flower. Waris diiriye born 1965 is a somali model, author, actress and human rights activist in the fight against female genital mutilation. Desert children by waris dirie books hachette australia. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors picks, and more. At age five,she had to endure an extreme form of fgm,which left her with lifelong damage. That is why we have distributed more than 10,000 desert flower education boxes.
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