by Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller · RBA Coleccionables · tapa dura · ISBN 9788447333257
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«Flor del desierto» is the autobiography of Waris Dirie and Cathleen Miller, published by RBA Coleccionables in hardcover (288 pages, in Spanish).
Waris Dirie, born into a nomadic family in the Somali desert, recounts her childhood, the genital mutilation she suffered at age five, and her flight at thirteen from an arranged marriage. After arriving in London, she worked as a domestic servant before being discovered as a model and denounced female genital mutilation.
This Spanish-language edition, from the Testimonios de mujer collection, includes Cristina Pagès's translation of the original 'Desert Flower'.
Recommended for those interested in autobiographies, memoirs of overcoming adversity, African social reality, and the fight for women's rights.
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).
