by Waris Dirie · Ulstein Verlag · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783548251080
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
Wüstenblume is the autobiography of Waris Dirie, a Somali model who recounts her harsh childhood, including the female genital mutilation she underwent at the age of five. At the age of 13, she flees her family to avoid a forced marriage and ends up working as a domestic worker in London, where she is discovered as a model. Through her story, Dirie becomes an activist against female genital mutilation and a special ambassador for the UN.
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).
