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Desert Flower

Af: Waris Dirie Engelsk Paperback

Desert Flower

Af: Waris Dirie Engelsk Paperback
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Waris Dirie (the name means desert flower) lives a double life - by day she is a famous model and UN spokeswoman on women''s rights in Africa, at night she dreams of her native Somalia. Waris, one of 12 children, was born into a traditional family of desert nomads in East Africa. She remembers her early childhood as carefree- racing camels and moving on with her family to the next grazing spot - until it came her turn to meet the old woman who administered the ancient custom imposed on most Somalian girls: circumcision. Waris suffered this torture when she was just five years old. 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. After an extraordinary escape through the dangerous desert she made her way to London and worked as a maid for the Somalian ambassador until that family returned home. Penniless and speaking little English, she became a janitor in McDonalds where she was famously discovered by a fashion photographer. Her story is a truly inspirational and extraordinary self-portrait of a remarkable woman whose spirit is as breathtaking as her beauty.
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Waris Dirie (the name means desert flower) lives a double life - by day she is a famous model and UN spokeswoman on women''s rights in Africa, at night she dreams of her native Somalia. Waris, one of 12 children, was born into a traditional family of desert nomads in East Africa. She remembers her early childhood as carefree- racing camels and moving on with her family to the next grazing spot - until it came her turn to meet the old woman who administered the ancient custom imposed on most Somalian girls: circumcision. Waris suffered this torture when she was just five years old. 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. After an extraordinary escape through the dangerous desert she made her way to London and worked as a maid for the Somalian ambassador until that family returned home. Penniless and speaking little English, she became a janitor in McDonalds where she was famously discovered by a fashion photographer. Her story is a truly inspirational and extraordinary self-portrait of a remarkable woman whose spirit is as breathtaking as her beauty.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 256
ISBN-13: 9781860497582
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1860497586
Udg. Dato: 18 jan 2001
Længde: 18mm
Bredde: 126mm
Højde: 197mm
Forlag: Little, Brown Book Group
Oplagsdato: 18 jan 2001
Forfatter(e): Waris Dirie
Forfatter(e) Waris Dirie


Kategori Kulturstudier: mode og samfund


ISBN-13 9781860497582


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 256


Udgave


Længde 18mm


Bredde 126mm


Højde 197mm


Udg. Dato 18 jan 2001


Oplagsdato 18 jan 2001


Forlag Little, Brown Book Group

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