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Waris Dirie
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born
Galkacyo, Somalia
gender
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Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad
by Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller    3.90 avg rating — 2,718 ratings
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1998
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36 editions
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Desert Dawn
by Waris Dirie, Jeanne D'Haem 3.70 avg rating — 480 ratings
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2001
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15 editions
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Desert Children
by Waris Dirie, Sheelagh Alabaster , Corinna Milborn 3.58 avg rating — 141 ratings
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2005
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Brief An Meine Mutter
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2 editions
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Waris Dirie Omnibus
3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings
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2004
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Mijn woestijn / Dochter van de nomaden
by Waris Dirie, Jorien Hakvoort , Albert Witteveen 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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2006
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Schwarze Frau, Weisses Land
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2010
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කාන්තාරයේ කුසුම
by Waris Dirie, රංජිත් කුරුප්පු 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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2007
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Dykumų gėlė
by Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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MY COUNTRY
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2006
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“I feel that God made my body perfect the way I was born. Then man robbed me, took away my power, and left me a cripple. My womanhood was stolen. If God had wanted those body parts missing, why did he create them?
I just pray that one day no woman will have to experience this pain. It will become a thing of the past. People will say "Did you hear, female genital mutilation has been outlawed in Somalia?" Then the next country, and the next, and so on, until the world is safe for all women. What a happy day that will be, and that's what I'm working toward. In'shallah, if God is willing, it will happen. ”
― Waris Dirie, Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad
I just pray that one day no woman will have to experience this pain. It will become a thing of the past. People will say "Did you hear, female genital mutilation has been outlawed in Somalia?" Then the next country, and the next, and so on, until the world is safe for all women. What a happy day that will be, and that's what I'm working toward. In'shallah, if God is willing, it will happen. ”
― Waris Dirie, Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad
“Women’s loyalty has to be earned with trust and affection, rather than barbaric rituals. The time has come to leave the old ways of suffering behind”
― Waris Dirie, Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad
― Waris Dirie, Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad
“Many friends have expressed concern that a religious fanatic will try to kill me when I go to Africa. After all, I’ll be speaking out against a crime many fundamentalists consider a holy practice. I’m sure my work will be dangerous, and I admit to being scared…. But my faith tells me to be strong, that God led me down this path for a reason. He has work for me to do. This is my mission. And I believe that long before the day I was born, God chose the day I will die, so I can’t change that. In the meantime, I might as well take a chance, because that’s what I’ve done all my life.”
― Waris Dirie, Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad
― Waris Dirie, Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad
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