DESERT CHILDREN

Book ID/图书代码： 07980005B09713

English Summary/英文概要： Fashion model, UN ambassador and courageous spirit, Waris Dirie was born into a family of tribal desert nomads in Somalia. She told her story - enduring female circumcision at five years old; running away through the desert; being discovered by Terence Donovan, and becoming a top fashion model - in her book, the worldwide bestseller, "Desert Flower". In "Desert Dawn" she wrote about becoming a UN Special Ambassador against FGM (female genital mutilation), and returning to her family in Somalia. "Desert Children" tells us how she and the journalist Corinna Milborn have investigated the practice of FGM in Europe - they estimate that up to 500,000 women and girls have undergone or are at risk of FGM. At the moment, France is the only European country in which offenders are convicted, and no European country officially recognises the threat of genital mutilation as a reason for asylum. Here are the voices of women who have felt encouraged and emboldened by Waris Dirie’s courage. They speak out for the first time, and move us to action.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 出生于索马里的一个游牧部落家庭的Waris Dirie身兼数职，既是时装模特，也是联合国亲善大使，还是位非常有勇气的精灵。在前一本传记中，她讲述了她自己的故事-----五岁的时候就被迫接受割礼；穿越沙漠大逃亡；后被Terence Donovan挖掘，成了位顶级时尚模特，而在《沙漠中的黎明》，Waris叙述了她是怎么成为联合国特别大使，致力于抗击（Female Genital Mutilation），并回归自己的故乡索马里。 《沙漠中的孩子》则讲述了他和记者Corinna Milborn深入调查欧洲的割礼仪式，据他们估计，有五十万女性和少女已经接受过割礼，或者随时会被迫接受这种仪式。而现在，只有法国一个国家有立法，凡是违反规定的人就会被定罪，还没有一个欧洲国家正式认定割礼会是造成避难的源头…… 我醒来的时候全是汗，还很早呢，六点都不到，夜晚非常短，波澜不惊。我不停地从沉重的噩梦中惊醒过来。我再一次闭上眼睛但是总会看到那个可怕的影子： 廉价的饭店房间，拥塞极了，泛了黄的墙纸。有个女孩躺在床上，也许才十来岁。绝对不会过十二岁。她全身赤裸，四个女人围绕在床边，按住她。孩子的双腿叉开，一个老妇人坐在前头受里拿了把手术刀，床单上浸透血，女孩发出撕心裂肺的喊叫声。她不断地尖叫。她的叫声刺穿我的心扉……

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