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Desert Flower is a 2009 German biographical film directed by Sherry Hormann. It stars Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins and Craig Parkinson, and is based on the Somali-born model Waris Dirie's autobiography.
Sep 24, 2009 · Desert Flower: Directed by Sherry Hormann. With Soraya Omar-Scego, Idriss Abdillahi Houfaneh, Awa Saïd Darar, Roun Daher Aïnan. Waris Dirie, born 1965 in Somalia, flees at thirteen when sold to be a mans fourth wife.
Apr 1, 2021 · Waris Dirie, born 1965 in Somalia, flees at 13 to escape an arranged marriage. She's becomes a cleaner at the Somali embassy in London then McDonald's, where she's discovered and becomes an int'l...
Mar 31, 2011 · A brave and beautiful victim. Liya Kebede in "Desert Flower." "Desert Flower" tells an extraordinary story in an ordinary way. It has a compelling message and surrounds it with biopic scenes that appear to be brought in from a different kind of movie. The effect is rather unsettling.
Waris Dirie, born 1965 in Somalia, flees at thirteen when sold to be a mans fourth wife. She works as a maid at the Somalian embassy in London, then in a McDonald's where she's discovered and becomes an international top model.
Mar 18, 2011 · “Desert Flower” is about Waris Dirie, the model from Somalia who became a United Nations spokeswoman against female genital mutilation.
The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation.
