Waris Dirie, the Somalia nomad who became a supermodel, and an anti-FGM activist, first came to the world's attention with the publication of her autobiography, Desert Flower. The book was subsequently made into a film and little Safa Nour, from one of the slums of Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, w[...]

Waris Dirie ran away from her oppressive life in the African desert when she was barely in her teens, illiterate and impoverished, with nothing to her name but a tattered shawl. She traveled alone across the dangerous Somali desert to Mogadishu--the first leg of a remarkable journey that would take [...]

Fashion model, UN ambassador and courageous spirit, Waris Dirie was born into a family of tribal desert nomads in Somalia. She told her story - enduring female circumcision at five years old; running away through the desert; being discovered by Terence Donovan and becoming a top fashion model - in h[...]

Waris Dirie är född i Somalia - vid sex års ålder vallade hon getter i den somaliska öknen. När hon var tolv skulle hon giftas bort med en för henne okänd sextioårig man. Hon flydde då till Mogadishu och lyckades ta sig vidare till London där hon fick arbete som oavlönad piga hos en farb[...]

PAIMENTOLAISESTA HUIPPUMALLIKSI JA YK:N ERITYISLÄHETTILÄÄKSIWaris Dirie syntyi somalialaiseen paimentolaisperheeseen, jossa noudatettiin perinteisiä tapoja: tyttöjä naitettiin vanhoille miehille ja pikkutyttöjen sukuelimet silvottiin. Kolmetoistavuotiaana Waris nousi kapinaan ja karkasi vält[...]