Her story is a truly inspirational and extraordinary self-portrait of a remarkable woman whose spirit is as breathtaking as her beauty.
Born into a family of tribal desert nomads in Somalia, she told her story in the worldwide bestseller 'Desert Flower: ' enduring female circumcision at the age of 5 running away through the desert at12 to escape an arranged marriag. Penniless and speaking little English, she became a janitor in McDonalds where she was famously discovered by a fashion photographer. /rebates/2fdesert-dawn-waris-dirie-9781844080083&252fdesert-dawn-waris-dirie-978184408008326tc3dbing-&idwordery&nameWordery&ra4. Desert Dawn Interest Fashion model, UN ambassador, and courageous spirit, Waris Dirie is a remarkable woman. After an extraordinary escape through the dangerous desert she made her way to London and worked as a maid for the Somalian ambassador until that family returned home. Then, aged 12, when her father attempted to arrange a marriage with a 60 year old stranger in exchange for five camels - she took flight. Waris suffered this torture when she was just five years old. She remembers her early childhood as carefree- racing camels and moving on with her family to the next grazing spot - until it came her turn to meet the old woman who administered the ancient custom imposed on most Somalian girls: circumcision. Waris, one of 12 children, was born into a traditional family of desert nomads in East Africa. Waris Dirie (the name means desert flower) lives a double life - by day she is a famous model and UN spokeswoman on women's rights in Africa, at night she dreams of her native Somalia.
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