by Waris Dirie, Jeanne D'Haem · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789069745398
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«Dochter van de nomaden» is the autobiography of Waris Dirie and Jeanne D'Haem, published by Meulenhoff Boekerij in paperback (237 pages, in Dutch).
Somali model Waris Dirie recounts her return to Somalia after more than twenty years living in the West. The reunion with her family and her land leads her to reflect on her roots, her identity, and the nomadic life she left behind.
Original title: «Desert Dawn» (2001). This Dutch edition, translated by Jeannet Dekker and Marie-Christine Ruijs, was published in 2003.
For readers of memoirs and biographies, and for those interested in testimonies about migration, identity, and Somali culture.
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).
