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I admired her courage to expose her 'secret' to the world via a magazine article in Marie Claire and an interview with Barbara Walters on 20/20 before finally becoming a UN special ambassador advocating for the elimination of FGM and,Ģ. unbeknownst to me, author Waris Dirie is a supermodel! She shared, in detail, her personal experiences as FGM was performed on her when she was only 5-years-old, as well as her painful issues while urinating and menstruating as she grew older. September 2023 is my 'Memoirs & Biographies' Month.ġ. I have heard and read about Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) several years ago, so when this book popped up on Goodreads claiming that the author experienced FGM and was an activist with ties to the UN, I added it to my WTR list and,Ģ.

Shortly afterwards she became a UN ambassador for the abolition of FGM (Female genital mutilation).ĭesert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad is an autobiographical book written by Waris Dirie and Cathleen Miller, published in 1998 about the life of Somali model, Waris Dirie. It was at this point that, with Miller, she wrote this autobiography.

She continued via modelling in film and fashion to a stage where she was considered a supermodel. Moving with relatives to London, she worked for a while at a McDonald's and was discovered by chance by fashion photographer Terence Donovan. Waris Dirie escaped from her native Galkayo, Somalia, fleeing to Mogadishu to escape an arranged marriage. Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad, Waris Dirie

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