by Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller · Debolsillo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497934046
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«Flor del desierto» is the autobiography of Waris Dirie written with Cathleen Miller, published by Debolsillo in paperback (253 pages, in Spanish).
Waris Dirie recalls her childhood in a nomadic Somali family, between herding and children's games, until at age five she undergoes female genital mutilation. Faced with a forced marriage, she flees at thirteen across the desert to Mogadishu; that journey leads her to London, a career as a model, and her activism for women's rights.
Second volume of the Waris Dirie and Cathleen Miller Library, translated by Cristina Pagès; original work 'Desert Flower'; Corine Internationaler Buchpreis in 2002.
For readers of memoirs, biographies, and testimonies, with an interest in feminism, Africa, and stories of overcoming adversity.
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).
