Desert Children Author:Waris Dirie U.N. Special Ambassador and courageous spirit Waris Dirie was born to a family of tribal nomads in Somalia. She told her storyenduring female circumcision, fleeing through the desert, and, improbably, becoming a top modelin her first book, Desert Flower. In Desert Dawn, she wrote about her return to Somalia and her work... more » as a U.N. Special Ambassador against FGM (female genital mutilation). Her latest book recounts her investigations into the practice of FGM in Europeit is estimated that as many as 500,000 women and girls have undergone FGM or are at risk. Here, then, are the voices of women who have felt emboldened by Waris Dirie's courage.« less