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Saving Safa
Waris Dirie
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Description for Saving Safa
Paperback. From the bestselling author of Desert Flower: the true story of saving a young girl from FGM Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFM; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Waris Dirie, the Somalia nomad who became a supermodel, and an anti-FGM activist, first came to the world's attention with the publication of her autobiography, Desert Flower. The book was subsequently made into a film and little Safa Nour, from one of the slums of Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, was chosen to play the young Waris. The book and the film record many extraordinary things - from facing down a tiger, to being discovered by a famous photographer in London - but it also tells the grim story of female circumcision, an ... Read more
Waris Dirie, the Somalia nomad who became a supermodel, and an anti-FGM activist, first came to the world's attention with the publication of her autobiography, Desert Flower. The book was subsequently made into a film and little Safa Nour, from one of the slums of Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, was chosen to play the young Waris. The book and the film record many extraordinary things - from facing down a tiger, to being discovered by a famous photographer in London - but it also tells the grim story of female circumcision, an ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
229g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349005980
SKU
V9780349005980
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Ref
99-10
About Waris Dirie
Waris Dirie is an internationally renowned model and was the face of Revlon skin-care products. In 1997 she was appointed by the UN as special ambassador against FGM. She lives in Vienna with her son.
Reviews for Saving Safa
Dirie's writing is fluid and honest; we can sense her commitment and that of her foundation, Desert Flower, to protecting Safa
Guardian
It is Safa, with her wide-eyed excitement at the world, who brings this well-written book alive . . . What Saving Safa does so successfully is humanise the tragedy of FGM
Rosamund Urwin
Evening ... Read more
Guardian
It is Safa, with her wide-eyed excitement at the world, who brings this well-written book alive . . . What Saving Safa does so successfully is humanise the tragedy of FGM
Rosamund Urwin
Evening ... Read more