Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Life of a Desert Nomad

Synopsis

Waris dirie (the name means desert flower) lives a double life - by day she is a famous model and un spokeswoman on women's rights in africa, at night she dreams of her native somalia. Waris, one of 12 children, was born into a traditional family of desert nomads in east africa. She remembers her early childhood as carefree- racing camels and moving on with her family to the next grazing spot - until it came her turn to meet the old woman who administered the ancient custom imposed on most somalian girls: circumcision. Waris suffered this torture when she was just five years old.