Desert Flower
Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad is an autobiographical book written by Waris Dirie and Cathleen Miller,[1] published in 1998 about the life of Somali model, Waris Dirie.Despite suffering female genital mutilation (FGM) at the age of five, and its life-long consequences, Waris Dirie escaped from her native Galkayo, Somalia, fleeing to Mogadishu to escape an arranged marriage.Moving with relatives to London, she worked for a while at a McDonald's and was discovered by chance by fashion photographer Terence Donovan.She continued via modelling in film and fashion to a stage where she was considered a supermodel.[3] Our goals: Waris Dirie Manifesto, desertflowerfoundation.org This article about a biographical or autobiographical book is a stub.