DESERT DAWN is the story about coming home. Add to Wish List Link to this Book Add to Bookbag Sell this Book Buy it at Amazon Compare Prices. In 1997, as part of its campaign to eliminate female genital mutilation, the United Nations appointed her Special Ambassador for Women's Rights in Africa. As an international model, Waris Dirie was the face of Revlon. She traces the roots of her courage, resilience and humour back to her motherland, and most particularly to her mother. Desert Dawn is Waris Dirie's profoundly moving account of her return to her homeland. The world of famine and violence, where women have no voice and no place - the very world that nearly destroyed her also gave her the tools to survive. She told her story - enduring, at five years old, the ancient and savage custom of female circumcision running away at twelve on foot through the desert in order to escape an arranged marriage being discovered by Terence Donovan as she worked as a cleaner in London and becoming a top fashion model - in her book, the worldwide bestseller, Desert Flower.Īlthough Waris Dirie fled her homeland, she never forgot the country and culture that moulded her. At first it seemed impossible - almost as impossible as a camel girl becoming a fashion model.'įashion model, UN ambassador and courageous spirit, Waris Dirie is a remarkable woman, born into a traditional family of tribal desert nomads in Somalia. Das erste Lesebuch von Waris Dirie (erhältlich in unserem Online-Shop) ist hier mit großer Begeisterung angenommen worden und es wurden über 20.000 Exemplare für den Unterricht bestellt. I had no idea where my family was in Somalia. I wanted to return to the place where I was born and see it with new eyes. At first it seemed impossible - almost as impossible as a camel girl becoming a fashion model. 'I wanted to return to the place where I was born and see it with new eyes.

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