Shortly afterwards she became a UN ambassador for the abolition of FGM (Female genital mutilation).ĭesert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad is an autobiographical book written by Waris Dirie and Cathleen Miller, published in 1998 about the life of Somali model, Waris Dirie. It was at this point that, with Miller, she wrote this autobiography. She continued via modelling in film and fashion to a stage where she was considered a supermodel. Moving with relatives to London, she worked for a while at a McDonald's and was discovered by chance by fashion photographer Terence Donovan. Waris Dirie escaped from her native Galkayo, Somalia, fleeing to Mogadishu to escape an arranged marriage.
Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad, Waris Dirie
