Desert Children

By: Waris Dirie

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Paperback | 6 December 2007 | Edition Number 1

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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 her book, the worldwide bestseller, Desert Flower. In Desert Dawn she wrote about becoming a UN Special Ambassador against FGM (female genital mutilation) and returning to her family in Somalia. Desert Children reveals how she and the journalist Corinna Milborn have investigated the practice of FGM in Europe—they estimate that up to 500,000 women and girls have undergone or are at risk of FGM. At the moment, France is the only European country in which offenders are convicted and no European country officially recognizes the threat of genital mutilation as a reason for asylum. Here are the voices of women who have felt encouraged and emboldened by Waris Dirie's courage. They speak out for the first time, hoping to move readers to action. At the end of the book is a comprehensive appendix listing organizations which can help.

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A sobering and eye-opening account - SUNDAY TIMES

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Non-Fiction Society & Culture Social Issues & Processes Violence in Society Social Groups Gender Studies Gender Studies: Women and Girls Sociology & Anthropology Sociology Sociology & Customs & Traditions Psychology Sexual Behaviour

Literature, Poetry & Plays Non-Fiction Prose Miscellaneous Items Biographies & True Stories Biographies Autobiographies

Preface	p. vii
My third life	p. 1
Island of the blessed	p. 45
'It has got to stop; it just has to stop'	p. 80
'A child on its own cannot protect itself'	p. 112
They do it here, too	p. 145
It has nothing to do with religion	p. 167
Cases must go to court	p. 189
Epilogue: I have a dream	p. 208
Appendix I	p. 213
Appendix II	p. 221
Who will help?	p. 227
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