Fashion model, UN ambassador, and courageous spirit, Waris Dirie is a remarkable woman. Born into a family of tribal desert nomads in Somalia, she ...
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Apr 29, 2011
jazz-ee2
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This book was sent by the lovely bookfrogster, to be read before starting off on another journey of a joint bookring along with the first book Desert Flower.
I was really looking forward to finding out more about the next instalment of Waris Dirie's life, and wasn't disappointed. Whilst Desert Flower looked back on her experience as a child and young adult, growing up in a Nomad family in the Somali desert, in this book Dirie returns to Somalia as an adult to see her family and country More...
I was really looking forward to finding out more about the next instalment of Waris Dirie's life, and wasn't disappointed. Whilst Desert Flower looked back on her experience as a child and young adult, growing up in a Nomad family in the Somali desert, in this book Dirie returns to Somalia as an adult to see her family and country More...
Jun 30, 2010
مليحه
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از متن کتاب :
مادرم نام یکی از شاهکارهای طبیعت را روی من گذاشت. واریس به معنی گل صحراست. گل صحرا در محیط های بی آب و علف می روید، جایی که کم تر موجود زنده ای می تواند در آن زنده بماند. گاهی اتفاق می افتد که یک سال هم در کشورم باران نمی بارد. اما وقتی بالاخره باران می بارد و زمین پر گرد و خاک می شوید، معجزه رخ می دهد و گل ها ظاهر می شوند. گل صحرا رنگ نارنجی مایل به زرد درخشانی دارد و به همین دلیل زرد رنگ محبوب من است
چه قدر خوندن کتاب گُل صحرا که زندگینامه دختری آفریقایی است جذاب بود. More...
مادرم نام یکی از شاهکارهای طبیعت را روی من گذاشت. واریس به معنی گل صحراست. گل صحرا در محیط های بی آب و علف می روید، جایی که کم تر موجود زنده ای می تواند در آن زنده بماند. گاهی اتفاق می افتد که یک سال هم در کشورم باران نمی بارد. اما وقتی بالاخره باران می بارد و زمین پر گرد و خاک می شوید، معجزه رخ می دهد و گل ها ظاهر می شوند. گل صحرا رنگ نارنجی مایل به زرد درخشانی دارد و به همین دلیل زرد رنگ محبوب من است
چه قدر خوندن کتاب گُل صحرا که زندگینامه دختری آفریقایی است جذاب بود. More...
Mar 06, 2011
Susan
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The story itself was good, easy to read, and honest. In terms of the Author, considering she wrote this book about herself you would think that you finish thinking that this woman was beautiful and lovely and just a really good person ultimately. But to be honest I felt that she DIDN'T paint herself in a good light and this made the book all the more charming for me, and real.
Waris talks about some VERY difficult subjects with honesty but succinctly so that you don't feel bad for read More...
Waris talks about some VERY difficult subjects with honesty but succinctly so that you don't feel bad for read More...
May 22, 2011
Kirei
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I've read "Desert Flower" about how Waris Dirie escaped an arranged marriage, left Somalia and ended up becoming a model and a spokesperson against female genital mutilation. It was fascinating. I skipped the next book "Desert Children" because it wasn't in our library. So this is the third book "Desert Dawn."
It is about how she returns to her home of war-torn Somalia, despite the fact that her British passport forbids British citizens to go to Soma More...
It is about how she returns to her home of war-torn Somalia, despite the fact that her British passport forbids British citizens to go to Soma More...
Mar 21, 2010
chucklesthescot
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Waris has her new life in the USA but her mind returns to the family she left behind in war torn Somalia and she decides she must go home with her brother. On the journey she finds her new Western ideals clashing with the teachings she was brought up with in Somalia, and she struggles to be taken seriously because she is a woman.
This was fascinating to read although I have not read her first book where she escapes an arranged marriage in Somalia. Here we see all the differences betw More...
This was fascinating to read although I have not read her first book where she escapes an arranged marriage in Somalia. Here we see all the differences betw More...
Jan 13, 2012
Amanda
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I liked this second book better than the first, by a little. I loved hearing the journey of Waris, who had come so far in the first book, all the way from Somalia to be a model in New York. Pretty amazing story in itself. But this second book is the journey of her return to Somalia after creating a new life for herself in New York. Oh, how the cultures are so very different. It is great to read about the differences and I loved it from Waris' perspective. How she loves her family so much a
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Aug 11, 2011
Tina (Martina ♥ Bookaholic)
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Liked that book and it's still a though way for Waris Dirie, but she is still a strong and admirable woman. I respect here and she is great.
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Diese Geschichte setzt fast 20 Jahre nach der Flucht von Waris Dirie aus Somalia an. Erzählt wird wie sie, nach einer privaten Krise, den Entschluss fasst zurück in ihre Heimat zu gehen um ihre Familie zu finden. Dort muss sie sich mit ihrer Vergangenheit und mit der Widerbegegnung ihrer Familie auseinander setzten und die Heraus More...
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Diese Geschichte setzt fast 20 Jahre nach der Flucht von Waris Dirie aus Somalia an. Erzählt wird wie sie, nach einer privaten Krise, den Entschluss fasst zurück in ihre Heimat zu gehen um ihre Familie zu finden. Dort muss sie sich mit ihrer Vergangenheit und mit der Widerbegegnung ihrer Familie auseinander setzten und die Heraus More...
Jan 13, 2011
Elie
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The next installment of Dirie's memoirs--before her next book, which is dry to the point of unreadable and focuses only on FGM--follows her as she returns to Somalia after a decade away. Dirie's joy at being home and seeing her family are interrupted by occasional frustration at the limits on women imposed by Somali culture, and she expresses both feelings clearly and with lyricism (or her ghost writer does). This is a quick and rather engrossing read, as Dirie's story is quite an exceptional on
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Jun 14, 2009
Kristy
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This book was really good. Great book if you want to get cultured or are feeling sorry for yourself because you think you are poor or have it bad in this country.
I was telling my husband Alen about how the author critized the U.S. when she was living there and then when she went back to Somali how she critizing that country too. It was kind of like she was never satisfied in either place. Alen told me he has relatives who live in France who are the same way. Always complaining a More...
I was telling my husband Alen about how the author critized the U.S. when she was living there and then when she went back to Somali how she critizing that country too. It was kind of like she was never satisfied in either place. Alen told me he has relatives who live in France who are the same way. Always complaining a More...
Jun 14, 2009
*•.♥.•*Sabrina*•.♥.•*
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I read this right after reading Desert Flower! I'm thinking about getting her third book Desert Children.
Waris goes back to Somalia after being gone for 20 years, and reunites with her family! This book made me tear up a few times. I also got angry at the way women are treated in Somalia. On the journey back to the airport that will take them home, Waris and her brother stop at a resturaunt. The people running the resturaunt expect Waris to eat in the back by the restroom (which is more l More...
Waris goes back to Somalia after being gone for 20 years, and reunites with her family! This book made me tear up a few times. I also got angry at the way women are treated in Somalia. On the journey back to the airport that will take them home, Waris and her brother stop at a resturaunt. The people running the resturaunt expect Waris to eat in the back by the restroom (which is more l More...
Jul 27, 2011
Millicent
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The second memoir of Waris Dirie, a Somalian woman from a nomadic family who ran away from home at the age of 13 to avoid a forced marriage to an old man. In her first book (which I have not read), she tells the story of her childhood in Somalia, her infibulation, her escape across the desert to Europe, and her eventual "discovery" there by a modeling agent. In the intervening years Dirie has made a career as a model and become the outspoken UN Ambassador for Women's Rights, focusing
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Jul 25, 2009
Chel
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Autobiography of Dirie, Somalian model for Revlon. Story of her return to visit her mother and family clan. Great insight into Somalian life and Muslim ways.
Simply written and although author's writing is a bit disjointed, a nonetheless fetching story and the issue of female circumcision.
Autobiography of Dirie, Somalian model for Revlon. Story of her return to visit her mother and family clan. Great insight into Somalian life and Muslim ways.
Simply written and although author's writing is a bit disjointed, a nonetheless fetching story and the issue of female circumcision.
Jul 29, 2011
Great book, as wonderful as her first.
This time, Waris describes going home and seeing all her family for the first time in 20 years.
The diffrences between the woman that left, and the woman that returns is quite marked, and I enjoyed this book very much.
This time, Waris describes going home and seeing all her family for the first time in 20 years.
The diffrences between the woman that left, and the woman that returns is quite marked, and I enjoyed this book very much.
Mar 04, 2011
Franzi
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Waris Dirie hat ihre Familie seit 20 Jahren nicht gesehen und sie sehnt sich so sehr nach Somalia. Mit ihrem Bruder Mohammed tritt sie reise an. Wird sie ihre Eltern finden oder Leben sie garnicht mehr?
Der 2. Teil ist sehr gut geschrieben aber ich finde Wüstenblume besser.
Der 2. Teil ist sehr gut geschrieben aber ich finde Wüstenblume besser.
Nov 25, 2010
Ana
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I think I would've liked it better if I hadn't been pressed to finish it... but this book made me really appreciate what I have and to value and learn a lot more about Africa! Now I can add to my "to-do" list: go to Africa!
Aug 10, 2011
An interesting read in the light of the 'Xenophobic' assault on our country...
Sep 13, 2011
Toni
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Beautiful story and all real life! What an experience Waris shares with us and she shows such insight - a beautiful writing style.
Mar 27, 2010
Erika
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Having already read a previous book of her's, which depicted her life story from childhood to model, this book about her return trip is less impressive. Still interesting, but I don't know that I thought it was as good as the first one.
Apr 03, 2010
Leanne
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This is an interesting autobiography by a top model coming to terms with her past life in Somalia, her present in the Western World, and how to merge them in real time.
Aug 28, 2011
Mikaela
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Overall I really enjoyed this book. This was one of the first non-fiction books I have ever read and I found it fascinating reading about such an inspirational woman.
Aug 10, 2008
After reading this book, really thank God that he has placed me here in Singapore.
Jan 30, 2008
Susan
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This is the follow up to Desert Flower. Another great book by Waris Dirie.
