by Waris Dirie · ISBN 9789724123011
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«Flor do deserto» is the autobiography of Waris Dirie, written with Cathleen Miller, published by ASA Literatura in 2001 (197 pages, in Portuguese).
Waris Dirie narrates her childhood in a nomadic tribe in the African desert and the difficult journey that leads her to become an international model. Together with Cathleen Miller, she describes her fight against female genital mutilation and her activism for women's rights.
For readers of memoirs and biographies with an interest in accounts of overcoming adversity and activism 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).
