An edition of Wüstenblume (1998)

Flor del desierto

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An edition of Wüstenblume (1998)

Flor del desierto

  • 4.00 ·
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  • 46 Want to read
  • 6 Currently reading
  • 8 Have read

Waris Dirie, la autora evoca su infancia, su vida feliz en el desierto, los juegos con sus hermanos y su estrecha relación con los animales. A los cinco años le practican la ablación, cosa que la deja muy traumatizada aunque era lo que ella deseaba, significaba ser mujer y envidiaba a sus hermanas mayores porque ya se la habían realizado. Toda su vida queda truncada el día en que su padre decide casarla con un anciano cuando Waris tenía tan sólo 13 años. Con la ayuda de su madre Waris decide escaparse. Sola y sin medios atraviesa el desierto, llega hasta Mogadiscio donde vive unos años hasta que viaja a Londres con sus tíos dónde trabaja como empleada del hogar hasta que, un buen día, un famoso fotógrafo la descubre por la calle. Aquí empieza la carrera profesional de Waris como modelo, que le llevara a las portadas de las revistas de moda y femeninas más importantes del mundo. Tras varios años como modelo Waris tiene a su hijo Aleeke, el amor de su vida. Waris ha rodado un documental sobre su vida para la BBC y ha sido embajadora de la ONU a favor de los derechos de las mujeres y los niños en África. Estas memorias mantienen el estilo sencillo, entrañable y directo de AMANECER EN EL DESIERTO, aunque este libro transmite su gran amor y admiración por su madre, sus profundas raíces nómadas y africanas (dice que sigue siendo nómada incluso en su vida en las grandes ciudades), así como sus enormes ganas de luchar en contra de las injusticias, sobre todo con respecto a las mujeres, que siguen ocurriendo en Somalia y en muchos otros países africanos.

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Spanish
Pages
238

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Navarra, España

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Hardcover
Number of pages
238

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Open Library
OL26316794M
ISBN 10
8422681552
ISBN 13
9788422681557
Biblioteca Nacional de España Depósito Legal
NA29551999

Work Description

Waris Dirie leads a double life -- by day, she is an international supermodel and human rights ambassador for the United Nations; by night, she dreams of the simplicity of life in her native Somalia and the family she was forced to leave behind. Desert Flower, her intimate and inspiring memoir, is a must-read for anyone who has ever wondered about the beauty of African life, the chaotic existence of a supermodel, or the joys of new motherhood.Waris was born into a traditional Somali family, desert nomads who engaged in such ancient and antiquated customs as genital mutilation and arranged marriage. At twelve, she fled an arranged marriage to an old man and traveled alone across the dangerous Somali desert to Mogadishu -- the first leg of an emotional journey that would take her to London as a house servant, around the world as a fashion model, and eventually to America, where she would find peace in motherhood and humanitarian work for the U.N.Today, as Special Ambassador for the U.N., she travels the world speaking out against the barbaric practice of female genital mutilation, promoting women's reproductive rights, and educating people about the Africa she fled -- but still deeply loves.Desert Flower will be published simultaneously in eleven languages throughout the world and is currently being produced as a feature film by Rocket Pictures UK.

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