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Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey Of A Desert Nomad
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Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey Of A Desert Nomad
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16 journalers for this copy...
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Ho trovato il libro ad aspettarmi a casa, ieri, quando sono rientrata dal lavoro. Non e' bello essere accolti cosi?? Grazie mille a Smilzo per la sua gentilezza - faro' una vera e propria recensione dopo aver letto il libro... ma ci vorranno alcune settimane, perche' sono assediata da una pila di libri che devono continuare il loro viaggio d'urgenza!************** Ich fand das Buch in die Post von gestern, als ich von der Arbeit zurueckkam...ist es nicht wunderbar so ein Empfang zu haben?? Vielen Dank an Smilzo, sie war so nett, mir das Buch zu schicken (nachdem ich sie mit PMs bombardiert habe!). Ein Eintrag zum Buch werde ich nach dem Lesen machen...aber das wird eine Weile (Wochen!) dauern, da ich etliche Buecher aufgestapelt habe, die dringender in Umlauf gebracht werden muessen! ************** Isn't it wonderful to come back home after a long working day and find a book waiting for you??? Cheers Smilzo...I appreciate your kindness in sending me this book, and I promise that I will make a proper journal entry after reading it....just don't hold your breath....I have soooo many books that needs to be read and sent to other BCers ...it could take a few weeks! I may start a bookray with this book after I finish...and of course, I will advertise it in all the BC forums....:-) |
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Very easy to read, entertaining, and moving at times, I went through this book in 3 days, which is a record considering the little time I've recently had to read...I was a bit disappointed that most of the book involved the story of Waris before the start of her career as UN ambassador, as I would have liked to hear more about the fight agains FGM, but maybe this is subject of the follow-up to this book, DESERT DAWN. CHAMPION OF HUMAN RIGHTS Dirie's testimony is the sad story of thousands of women. By telling her story, she hopes to bring an end to the suffering caused by female circumcision. "I think about every single one of them every day and I'm trying to get there before it happens to that child," she said, wiping a tear from her eye. But the United Nations faces strong opposition because many African men and women believe in a tradition they say is part of their heritage. For Dirie, it has little to do with tradition and nothing to do with religion. "It is mainly God, power control. It's mainly men showing they are physically stronger and being cowards and controlling you by torturing you," she said. "It's been going a long time but they can't see the world has moved on and life changes and they've stuck to it. The men they don't know what it feels like-but if I cut his balls off then he knows!" Dirie waits for the day that female circumcision has been abolished. "I pray for it every night and I won't rest until I complete my mission because I'm so deeply into it," she said. "We have to get over this because no woman deserves to be sliced up like an animal." All in all, an uplifting read. I will start a bookray for this book, which seems to have already travelled a lot... |
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There is a lack in journal entries this past year that leave many people wondering about the fate of this book. Was it mailed? Is it lost in the mail? Is is possible that this book is trapped in some forgotten corner somewhere? These questions and many more can only be answered if a new journal entry comes to tell the tale.The Lost Book Island is here to give these lost books a place to hang out and play, rest and relax, and have fun in the sun until the day that a new journal entry comes to answer the questions that are being asked. |
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