Desert Flower

Desert Flower(2009)

"The extraordinary true story of the woman who crossed the desert and changed the world."

7.5/10
455 votes
120 minSeptember 24, 2009

Overview

The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation.

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