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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Waris Dirie
Tsvetok pustyni. Realnaja istorija supermodeli Varis Dirie
Waris Dirie; Cathleen Miller
Bombora
2025
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"Varis rodilas v Somali. V 5 let ona podverglas protsedure zhenskogo obrezanija. A v 13 ushla iz doma, chtoby ne vykhodit zamuzh za starika. Sbezhav v London, ona ne znala ni jazyka, ni mestnoj kultury, zhila bez dokumentov i rabotala uborschitsej v restorane, poka sudbonosnaja vstrecha s imenitym fotografom ne izmenila ee zhizn. Segodnja Varis Dirie - izvestnaja top-model, pisatelnitsa i spetsialnyj posol OON za prava zhenschin. Ee istorija - prekrasnoe vdokhnovenie dlja kazhdogo! Iz Somalijskoj pustyni ona dobralas do mira vysokoj mody. Ona borolas s nespravedlivostju i vyshla iz etoj borby pobeditelnitsej". - Elton DzhonPerevodchik: Sashnikova Ju.
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 ordeal that the young Waris had to endure. Saving Safa opens with a letter from Safa, now aged seven, who explains that she is worried that she will undergo FGM in spite of the contract her parents have signed with Dirie's Desert Flower Foundation stating that they will never have their daughter cut. Waris drops everything and flies to Djibouti where she meets Safa's father and mother who thinks her daughter should be cut to stop the community ostracising them. As Safa was saved from FGM through a contract with her parents, the Foundation believes a thousand other girls can be saved through providing their families with aid in return for a promise not to mutilate their daughters
'I wanted to return to the place where I was born and see it with new eyes. I had no idea where my family was in Somalia. At first it seemed impossible - almost as impossible as a camel girl becoming a fashion model...
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.
* Inspirational, dramatic and extraordinary - the autobiography of a Somalian nomad circumcised at 5, sold in marriage at 13, who became an American model and is now at the young age of 30, the UN spokeswoman against circumcision
"Waris's story is one of remarkable courage. From the deserts of Somalia to the world of high fashion, she battles against oppression and emerges a real champion. She is the most beautiful inspiration to anyone." --Elton JohnWaris Dirie ran away from her oppressive life in the African desert when she was barely in her teens, illiterate and impoverished, with nothing to her name but a tattered shawl. She traveled alone across the dangerous Somali desert to Mogadishu--the first leg of a remarkable journey that would take her to London, where she worked as a house servant; then to nearly every corner of the globe as an internationally renowned fashion model; and ultimately to New York City, where she became a human rights ambassador for the U.N. Poignant and powerfully told, Desert Flower is Waris's extraordinary story.
The Drowned Kingdom: The Dire Wars Volume 2
Independently Published
2019
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This is the story of Iliea, the Queen of Thieves, and Seeker, the warrior-monk, immediately following their exploits in "The Darkcaster, The Dire Wars. Volume One." A lengthy journey across a vast grassland full of strange and dangerous wildlife, an encounter with a race of even more dangerous nomads, and an eventful sea voyage are only preface to the danger that awaits their homecoming in Mohlkar. An enormous army lays siege to the city's mighty walls while a catastrophic flood within is avenue to invasion by bizarre and savage aquatic humanoids. The emperor and his council are powerless against such foes and only the warrior-queen and her small band of loyals possess the knowledge that could mean the survival of the citizens of Mohlkar. This is an adventure worthy of the Queen of Thieves
Sudan Civil Wars And It Direct Effects On The Country Population
Peter Diang Thon
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
2014
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A New Touch-Stone for Gold and Silver Wares. Directing All Buyers of Large Plate, or Small Works, ... How to Know Whether They Buy or Wear Such as Are of the Lawful Standard-Allay, or Adulterated and Unlawfu
B (William Badcock) W B (William Badcock)
Gale Ecco, Print Editions
2010
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A new Touch-stone for Gold and Silver Wares. Directing all Buyers of Large Plate, or Small Works, ... how to Know Whether They buy or Wear Such as are of the Lawful Standard-allay, or Adulterated and Unlawfu
W B (William Badcock)
Gale Ecco, Print Editions
2018
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++National Library of ScotlandT181705W. B. of London, goldsmith = William Badcock. First published as: 'A touch-stone for gold and silver wares', 1677; a second edition appeared in 1678 (Wing B382, 382A). A "second edition" with the present title and pagination appeared in 1679 (Wing B381). The final 152 pages contain Reynolds's tables, with a separate titlepage dated 1679.London: printed and are to be sold by W. Freeman, 1708. 20],218, 152]p., plates: ill., tables; 8
Waris Alavi : Urdu Tanqeed ka Noor (Editionfirst)
Taemeer Publications
2023
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This book 'Waris Alavi: Urdu Tanqeed ka Noor' contains a review of the work of famous Urdu literature critic Waris Alavi.وارث علوی اردو میں عصر حاضر کے صف اول کے نقادوں میں شامل ہیں۔ انہوں نے ایک بے باک لب ولہجہ میں اردو تنقید کو نئے امکانات سے روشناس کیا ہے۔ اپنے وسیع مطالعہ اور منفرد تجزیاتی شعور کی بنا پر وارث علوی نے نہ صرف اردو شعر وادب کے مختلف رجحانات، تحریکات، اسالیب اور تخلیقی روّیوں کا غیر جانبدارانہ تجزیہ پیش کیا ہے، بلکہ اپنے بعض مضامین کے ذریعے اردو تنقید کی سطحیت اور کم مائیگی کی طرف بھی واضح اور مدلل اشارے کیے ہیں اور یہ ثابت کرنے کی کوشش کی ہے کہ کس طرح ہماری بیشتر تنقید غیر ضروری مدح سرائی اور بے جا عیب جوئی سے آگے نہیں بڑھ سکی ہے۔