Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey Of A Desert Nomad

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Despite all the hardship she had endured, Waris is so full of life and ready to make the most of every situation she finds herself in. It's easy to forget that Dirie's memoir is a book about someone whose success has come from posing for the camera.

Meiner Meinung nach ist die Geschichte auf Englisch etwas anders, aber es lässt sich wirklich super lesen und auch wenn man ein paar Wörter auf anhieb nicht ganz versteht, kann man sich das zm.In the fascinating resumption of her autobiography “Desert Flower”, Waris Dirie conveys a compelling and touching picture of life in Somalia: on the one hand, a great variety of traditions but on the other hand, the archaic distribution of roles, which particularly puts the country´s women in chains. She had such an exhausting, uphill struggle of hard graft throughout her teenage years, and even underwent the harrowing and barbaric procedure of female genital mutilation at the age of five; yet she still reflects on her childhood with such positive nostalgia that her down to earth character that perpetuates the novel is really endearing. She’s also featured in a Ted Talk on a topic dear to her heart: “How to Raise Your Daughter to Become a World Leader.

Waris Dirie ran away from her oppressive life in the African desert when she was barely in her teens, illiterate and impoverished, with nothing to her name but a tattered shawl.Discussion about problematic tribal rites like female genital mutilation is best done from within the culture as well as from the outside. She traveled alone across the dangerous Somali desert to Mogadishu — the first leg of a remarkable journey that would take her to London, where she worked as a house servant; then to nearly every corner of the globe as an internationally renowned fashion model; and ultimately to New York City, where she became a human rights ambassador for the U.

This is one of the most courageous books I've ever read, and one of the most important when it comes to understanding what has happened for centuries to women in areas of Africa. A somewhat interesting storyline and a disturbing issue (FGM) that must be addressed, but just poorly written all round. After fleeing her family, Dirie worked as a housemaid for a well-placed uncle in London, where she was discovered as a model and embarked on a successful career in fashion. Her previous work includes the international bestseller Desert Flower , which was adapted as a feature film.In reality, Safa is still not cut and Waris Dirie is horrified, as she gets informed that the cutting ritual is imminent. A few years later,her father wanted to marry her off,to a much older man in exchange for five camels. Storia ben scritta che ti porta a vivere e condividere gli scenari che fanno da sfondo alla vita della protagonista. 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.

This is an autobiography of a very resilient and head-strong Somali woman who up and left her desert nomadic clan. I was under the impression that this memoir strongly focused on the author's experiences with FGM and her work with the Desert Flower Foundation to advocate for women's rights in Africa. Despite suffering female genital mutilation (FGM) at the age of five, and its life-long consequences, Waris Dirie escaped from her native Galkayo, Somalia, fleeing to Mogadishu to escape an arranged marriage. 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.Waris Dirie (Somali: Waris Diiriye, Arabic: واريس ديري‎) (born in 1965) is a Somali model, author, actress and human rights activist. What I also love about Desert Flower is that it deals with FGM without having the issue consume the entire book. She shared, in detail, her personal experiences as FGM was performed on her when she was only 5-years-old, as well as her painful issues while urinating and menstruating as she grew older. Waris Dirie is played by an Ethiopian supermodel and the face of Estee Lauder, Liya Kebede, who had already played roles in two big productions: “The Good Shepherd” directed by Robert De Niro and “Lord of War” by Nicolas Cage.