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Waris Dirie (the name means desert flower) lives a double life - by day she is a famous model and UN spokeswoman on women's rights in Africa, at night she dreams of her native Somalia. Waris, one of 12 children, was born into a traditional family of desert nomads in East Africa. She remembers her early childhood as carefree- racing camels and moving on with her family to the next grazing spot - until it came her turn to meet the old woman who administered the ancient custom imposed on most Somalian girls: circumcision. Waris suffered this torture when she was just five years old. Then, aged 12, when her father attempted to arrange a marriage with a 60 year old stranger in exchange for five camels - she took flight. After an extraordinary escape through the dangerous desert she made her way to London and worked as a maid for the Somalian ambassador until that family returned home. Penniless and speaking little English, she became a janitor in McDonalds where she was famously discovered by a fashion photographer. Her story is a truly inspirational and extraordinary self-portrait of a remarkable woman whose spirit is as breathtaking as her beauty.
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Desert Flower, Waris Dirie
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- Jaar van publicatie
- 1999
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- Titel
- Desert Flower
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Waris Dirie
- Uitgever
- Virago Press
- Jaar van publicatie
- 1999
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 256
- ISBN10
- 1860496067
- ISBN13
- 9781860496066
- Tags
- Waargebeurde verhalen, Biographies, Vrouwen, Autobiografie en memoires, Feminisme, Verenigd Koninkrijk, Afrika, Verfilmd, Londen, Ontsnapping, Gebaseerd op Ware Gebeurtenissen, Autobiografische romans, Woestijnen, Vrouwelijke Genitale Verminking, Somalische Literatuur
- Eerste editie
- 1998
- Oorspronkelijke titel
- Desert Flower
- Beoordeling
- 4,15 van 5
- Aantekening
- Waris Dirie (the name means desert flower) lives a double life - by day she is a famous model and UN spokeswoman on women's rights in Africa, at night she dreams of her native Somalia. Waris, one of 12 children, was born into a traditional family of desert nomads in East Africa. She remembers her early childhood as carefree- racing camels and moving on with her family to the next grazing spot - until it came her turn to meet the old woman who administered the ancient custom imposed on most Somalian girls: circumcision. Waris suffered this torture when she was just five years old. Then, aged 12, when her father attempted to arrange a marriage with a 60 year old stranger in exchange for five camels - she took flight. After an extraordinary escape through the dangerous desert she made her way to London and worked as a maid for the Somalian ambassador until that family returned home. Penniless and speaking little English, she became a janitor in McDonalds where she was famously discovered by a fashion photographer. Her story is a truly inspirational and extraordinary self-portrait of a remarkable woman whose spirit is as breathtaking as her beauty.