Desert Flower

华利斯•迪里，索马里牧羊女出身，十三岁穿越重重险阻走出非洲，其间险些葬身狮口，历尽艰辛之后终于柳暗花明，进入欧美时尚界，成为世界名模，继而成为联合国人权特使。2004年入籍奥地利。

出版者:Virago Press Ltd

作者:Waris Dirie

页数:238

出版时间:1999-1-18

价格:USD 16.50

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9781860497582

图书标签:索马里传记英文原版文化小说家庭女性外国文学

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. Then, aged 12, when her father attempted to arrange a marriage with a 60 year old stranger in exchange for five camels - she took flight. After an extraordinary escape through the dangerous desert she made her way to London and worked as a maid for the Somalian ambassador until that family returned home. Penniless and speaking little English, she became a janitor in Mc Donalds where she was famously discovered by a fashion photographer. Her story is a truly inspirational and extraordinary self-portrait of a remarkable woman whose spirit is as breathtaking as her beauty.

读后感

看完了《沙漠之花》，我脑海里冒出的第一句话是：“人生而平等，而又不平等。” 从古至今，无论中外，对女性残害的陋习数不胜数。非洲的割礼、清朝的小脚，这些都是身体上的伤害；而古人推崇的烈女牌坊、贞洁坊，却都是对女性精神枷锁。我并非一个女权主义者，我只追求人人平等...  

看完了《沙漠之花》，我脑海里冒出的第一句话是：“人生而平等，而又不平等。” 从古至今，无论中外，对女性残害的陋习数不胜数。非洲的割礼、清朝的小脚，这些都是身体上的伤害；而古人推崇的烈女牌坊、贞洁坊，却都是对女性精神枷锁。我并非一个女权主义者，我只追求人人平等...  

From a humble female nomad in the Somalia desert, to a dazzling supermodel on international T-walks, to a Bond girl, then to a UN special representative in the fight for woman’s rights, Waris Dirie exhibits an ever changing face with great toughness and st...  

先看的电影，非常喜欢，然后开始读文字。 尤其推荐给想要改变自己命运的女性，Waris那种不屈服于命运的精神值得我们学习。 曾经看过关于割礼的报道文学，Waris的亲身经历给了我一种更为直观的感受，在这个世界上，还有无数忍受痛苦和压迫的女性，比起她们，我们真的是幸福和自...  

看完了《沙漠之花》，我脑海里冒出的第一句话是：“人生而平等，而又不平等。” 从古至今，无论中外，对女性残害的陋习数不胜数。非洲的割礼、清朝的小脚，这些都是身体上的伤害；而古人推崇的烈女牌坊、贞洁坊，却都是对女性精神枷锁。我并非一个女权主义者，我只追求人人平等...  

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五星不是为了文学价值，但是为了这本书带来的文化冲击，在非洲之角-索马里，导致死亡的割礼，对未成年的性侵犯，极度的男尊女卑还在进行着，最关键是大多数人都是逆来顺受的接受着所谓“传统”，希望更多的人了解那片土地发生的故事，从而为了改变而付出可能的努力，当前我只能通过多推荐这本书努力。

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细腻得难过，后来又去看了电影，电影更难过

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