Desert Flower

Waris Dirie a Cathleen Miller

Waris Dirie ran away from her oppressive life in the African desert when she was barely in her teens, illiterate and impoverished, with nothing to her name but a tattered shawl. She traveled alone acr...oss the dangerous Somali desert to Mogadishu — the first leg of a remarkable journey that would take her to London, where she worked as a house servant; then to nearly every corner of the globe as an internationally renowned fashion model; and ultimately to New York City, where she became a human rights ambassador for the U.N. Desert Flower is her extraordinary story.
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  • Počet strán: 240 strán
  • ISBN13:9780688172374
  • Ďalšie vydania: Púštny kvet

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Waris Dirie je modelka, spisovateľka a aktivistka somálskeho pôvodu, ktorá bojuje za ukončenie praktiky ženskej obriezky. Hoci ju preslávil najmä autobiografický bestseller Púštny kvet, jej tvorba pozostáva z viacerých kníh.  Život a aktivizmus Waris Dirie Waris Dirie sa narodila v roku 1965 do rodiny somálskych kočovníkov žijúcich v púšti v blízkosti hraníc s Etiópiou. Vo veku 13 rokov jej[...]

Waris Dirie ran away from her oppressive life in the African desert when she was barely in her teens, illiterate and impoverished, with nothing to her name but a tattered shawl. She traveled alone across the dangerous Somali desert to Mogadishu — the first leg of a remarkable journey that would take her to London, where she worked as a house servant; then to nearly every corner of the globe as an internationally renowned fashion model; and ultimately to New York City, where she became a human rights ambassador for the U.N. Desert Flower is her extraordinary story.