by Waris Dirie, Jeanne D'Haem · Maeva Ediciones · tapa dura · ISBN 9788495354815
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«Amanecer en el desierto» is the autobiography by Waris Dirie with Jeanne D'Haem, published by Maeva Ediciones in hardback (224 pages, in Spanish).
In this second part of her memoirs, Waris Dirie returns to Somalia to search for her family and reconcile with her past. Now an international model, she recalls her childhood among nomads, the contrast between the fashion world and life in the desert, and the difficult balance between two ways of understanding her identity.
Second instalment of the Autobiographical Memoirs series, sequel to «Flor del desierto». The English original, «Desert Dawn», was published in 2001; this Spanish edition, in 2002.
For readers of memoirs and biographies, especially those seeking real stories of overcoming adversity or who already know «Flor del desierto».
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).
