![]() ![]() ![]() She makes it to London, working as a servant-girl for her uncle, the ambassador. After learning at age 12 that her father wants to marry her to a 60-year-old man in exchange for five camels, Waris (meaning 'desert flower') runs away from home. This is the story of a Somali nomad girl who becomes a famous international model. Today, as Special Ambassador for the U.N., she travels the world speaking out against the barbaric practice of female genital mutilation, promoting women's reproductive rights, and educating people about the Africa she fled-but still deeply loves. At twelve, she fled an arranged marriage to an old man and traveled alone across the dangerous Somali desert to Mogadishu-the first leg of an emotional journey that would take her to London as a house servant, around the world as a fashion model, and eventually to America, where she would find peace in motherhood and humanitarian work for the U.N. Waris was born into a traditional Somali family, desert nomads who engaged in such ancient and antiquated customs as genital mutilation and arranged marriage. Desert Flower, her intimate and inspiring memoir, is a must-read for anyone who has ever wondered about the beauty of African life, the chaotic existence of a supermodel, or the joys of new motherhood. ![]() Waris Dirie leads a double life-by day, she is an international supermodel and human rights ambassador for the United Nations by night, she dreams of the simplicity of life in her native Somalia and the family she was forced to leave behind. ![]()
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