![]() ![]() I had no idea where my family was in Somalia. ![]() ![]() 'I wanted to return to the place where I was born and see it with new eyes. In 1997, as part of its campaign to eliminate female genital mutilation, the United Nations appointed her Special Ambassador for Women' s Rights in Africa. As an international model, Waris Dirie was the face of Revlon. 'Desert Dawn' is Waris Dirie' s profoundly moving account of her return to her homeland. Although she fled Somalia, she never forgot the country or the family that shaped her. Born into a family of tribal desert nomads in Somalia, she told her story in the worldwide bestseller 'Desert Flower: ' enduring female circumcision at the age of 5 running away through the desert at 12 to escape an arranged marriage being discovered by photographer Terence Donovan as she worked as a cleaner in London and becoming a top fashion model. Fashion model, UN ambassador, and courageous spirit, Waris Dirie is a remarkable woman. ![]()
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