by Waris Dirie · Virago UK · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781844082520
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«Desert Children» is Waris Dirie's essay, published by Virago UK in paperback (237 pages, in English).
After telling her story in «Desert Flower», Waris Dirie investigates in this work the practice of female genital mutilation in Europe. She estimates that up to 500,000 women and girls have suffered it or are at risk, collects the testimonies of those who break their silence and denounces the lack of legal protection in European countries.
It is the third installment of Waris Dirie's memoirs, after «Desert Flower» and «Desert Dawn», published in 2005.
For readers interested in human rights, gender studies and social activism, as well as for those who follow Waris Dirie's career.
Waris Dirie is a Somali model, author, actress and human rights activist in the fight against female genital mutilation (FGM). From 1997 to 2003, she was a UN special ambassador against FGM. In 2002 she founded her own organization in Vienna, the Desert Flower Foundation. She has won numerous awards recognizing her work on eradicating FGM, including the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur (2007).
