by Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller · Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408030188
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«Flor del desierto» is the autobiography of Waris Dirie and Cathleen Miller, published by Planeta in paperback (248 pages, in Spanish).
The book traces Waris Dirie's life from her nomadic childhood in Somalia to her escape to Mogadishu and her later arrival in London, where she made her way in the fashion world. It also addresses the female genital mutilation Dirie suffered and her activism to denounce this practice and defend women's rights.
Spanish translation of «Desert Flower», original from 1998. Winner of the Corine Internationaler Buchpreis 2002.
For book clubs and readers of memoirs and biographies, especially those seeking testimonies about Africa 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).
