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 …
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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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Wüstenblume
Hardcover, 348 pages
german language
- ISBN:
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Flor del desierto
Hardcover, 238 pages
Spanish language
Published 1999 by Círculo de Lectores, S.A..
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- 978-84-226-8155-7Copied ISBN!
Fleur du désert
mass market paperback, 280 pages
Published by J'ai lu.
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Fleur Du Desert
mass market paperback, 288 pages
Published by J'Ai Lu.
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- 978-2-290-01844-6Copied ISBN!
Cöl Cicegi. Wüstenblume
Paperback, 256 pages
Published by Bilge Kültür Sanat.
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- 978-975-8509-27-0Copied ISBN!
Wüstenblume
Paperback, 280 pages
German language
Published by Ullstein Tb.
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- 978-3-548-36591-6Copied ISBN!
Flor del desierto
Hardcover, 256 pages
Published by Maeva Ediciones.
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- 978-84-95354-90-7Copied ISBN!
Fleur du désert
328 pages
French language
Published 1998 by Albin Michel.
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- 978-2-226-10569-1Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 319854885
Fiore del deserto
316 pages
Italian language
Published 2016 by Garzanti.
- ISBN:
- 978-88-11-67209-8Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 953795591
Pustinjski cvijet
180 pages
Croatian language
Published 2002 by VBZ.
- ISBN:
- 978-953-201-210-1Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 223918841
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