User:Isoscent/Desert Flower (film)

Desert Flower - A film based on the International Best Selling Novel written by, Waris Dirie

A Corridor at the UN, Headquarters in New York,. A young woman is trying to pull herself together: Waris Dirie is about to hold her first speech to the United Nations. A long way to come like in a fairy tale. Someliah born Waris Dirie become one of the world's most soughtafter top models. Born into a family of goat-herding nomads, Waris' fascinating path would take her from the Northeast African deserts to the world's most pretigious fashion runways and magazine, At 13, Waris Fled forced marriange and crossed days of the desert alone before reaching the Somali capital Mugadishu, Retlatives soon shipped her off to London to work as a servant in the Somali embassy, where she spent the rest of her adolescent years in illiteracy, When faced with the threat of returning to war-born Somalia, Waris finds herself homeless and illegal. Spunky shopgirl Marilyn takes Waris in and becomes a trusted friend. While working in a fast food restaurant, Waris is discovered by star photogrpher Terry Donaldson, and ambitious agant Lucinda guides her transformation into a working model. But behind the glamorous facade of Waris' new life flies deeply hearth-stirring fate. Despite her success, Waris remains burdened by a violent childhood secret. At the height of her career, Waris reveals to the world that she was a victim of female genital mutilation. Her story unleashes a wave of sympathy and controversy, and Waris decides to dedicate her life to lighting this barbaric tradition, ..or shepherd's daughter from Somalia.