"Waris's story is one of remarkable courage. From the deserts of Somalia to the world of high fashion, she battles against oppression and emerges a real champion. She is the most beautiful inspiration to anyone." —Elton JohnWaris 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.Poignant and powerfully told, Desert Flower is Waris's extraordinary story.
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Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad
von Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller
"Waris's story is one of remarkable courage. From the deserts of Somalia to the world of high fashion, she battles against oppression and emerges a real champion. She is the most beautiful inspiration to anyone." —Elton JohnWaris 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.Poignant and powerfully told, Desert Flower is Waris's extraordinary story.
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Rezension von kristina 2,5⭐ I'm disappointed in the prose. Probably a bad timing reading this after Tolkien (The Two Towers). But not only is the language in this book over simplistic ( mid fanfic level) the structure is also not to my liking. Each chapter she quickly telld of an episode in her life and the next chapter is just a few years later about another experience. Feels just like a prolonged magazine interview. Also she tells about her harsh nomadic life without any reflection and little emotion. It's seldom that I have so much criticism for a surval memoir, but considering the topic, this really should've been more polished to make the readers more involved in the 'story' wich leads to awareness of the topic.