Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey Of A Desert Nomad

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A book not only to touch the heart, but one that should make us all want to take a stand to stop this cruel practise. At the same time, she makes a complaint of this inhumane practice, putting her own contribution in the struggle to eradicate this inhuman practice, a struggle that shows the first positive results 20 years after the writing of the book. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. A young woman tries to escape all this and after many adventures he succeeds and achieves international recognition in the modelling world, thus gaining independence and respect. She seemed so forgiving of the West’s issues with black women and the Beauty Myth so pervasive in the modeling industry.

Her previous work includes the international bestseller Desert Flower , which was adapted as a feature film. Bestselling author and UN Ambassador Waris Dirie, who experienced the horrible agony of FGM when she was five years old, was the first woman who spoke about this terrible torture in public. The fact that it is growing, not declining is awful, and that the practise is spreading due to those faiths and nationalitys that carry this practise out are emigrating to other lands, is a revolting thought.The tale of a courageous woman's struggles to come to terms with her Somali childhood, including her experience of female genital mutilation (FGM).

In this book, Dirie describes her journey from her childhood in a traditional family of desert nomads in Somalia. Iki dvylikos metų augusi dykumoje, kuomet lietus buvo didžiausia šventė, o moterų apipjaustymas ir mirtys – kasdienybė, Varis nežinojo, kad egzistuoja ir kitoks pasaulis. Inspirational, dramatic and extraordinary - the autobiography of a Somalian nomad circumcised at 5, sold in marriage at 13, who became an American model and is now at the young age of 30, the UN spokeswoman against circumcision --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.Manau, kad šia knyga ji neša labai svarbią žinią, padeda suvokti kokie kraupūs dalykai dedasi ir mūsų dienomis. Sada ima 13 godina, pa onda ima 5, pa ima oko 9, pa ima tri, pa ima 11 i onda je manekenka, pa nakon toga ima 9 godina i onda 13. Then, aged 12, when her father attempted to arrange a marriage with a 60 year old stranger in exchange for five camels - she took flight.