by Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller · J'ai lu · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782290018446
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«Fleur du désert» is the autobiographical testimony of Waris Dirie and Cathleen Miller, published by J'ai lu in paperback (288 pages, in French).
In this testimony, Waris Dirie recounts how at thirteen she flees Somalia to escape a forced marriage and female genital mutilation. After crossing the desert, she reaches London, where she is discovered by a fashion photographer; she later denounces this practice as a UN ambassador.
Translation by Alain and Josiane Deschamps of the English original «Desert Flower» (1998). The work received the Corine Internationaler Buchpreis in 2002.
Aimed at readers of memoirs and biographies, especially those interested in Africa, feminism and women's rights.
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).
