What is the prototype of Desert Flower?

The prototype of Desert Flower is Somali black model Waris Dirie, a novel based on her real experience of cruel circumcision, which was later made into a movie. Desert Flower is a drama film, directed by Sherry Horman and starring Liya Kebede and sally hawkins. This film tells the story of Wallis coming out of the Somali desert and becoming the world's top model.

Waris Dirie

Waris Dirie was born in the desolate Somali desert. At the age of three, she was forced to undergo female circumcision. At the age of twelve, she was married by her father to a 60-year-old man for five camels. She ran away barefoot and almost lost her life in the desert. Later, she came to London and was taken in by Marilyn. At work, she met Donaldson, a famous photographer, and eventually became the world's top model, devoting herself to the cause of women's liberation. Liya Kebede, the actor who plays Waris Dirie in the film, is also a top model in the world, from Ethiopia.

Brief introduction of Desert Flower

Desert Flower is a feature film directed by Sherry Horman, produced in Britain and starring Liya Kebede and sally hawkins.

Desert Flower is based on the autobiography bestseller of Somali black model Wallis Dilly. It tells the story of Varis (Leah? Kebede Leah Kebede was born in the Somali desert and lived a nomadic life with her mother. At the age of three, Wallis was circumcised according to Somali customs.

At the age of twelve, my father wanted to marry Wallis to a sixty-year-old man in order to get five camels. On the eve of the wedding, with her mother's acquiescence, Wallis walked in the desert for a long time and went to her grandmother in Mogadishu, where she also got the opportunity to be a menstruating maid. Menstruation was the wife of the Somali ambassador to Britain at that time.

Shortly after arriving in Britain, war broke out in Somalia and the old government was overthrown. Wallis took advantage of the chaos to escape from the embassy again and wandered the streets of Britain. Wallis met Marilyn (Sally? Hawkins (sally hawkins), then met Bole in the restaurant where he worked, and was finally found to be a world-famous model, devoted to the cause of women's liberation.

Desert Flower, based on a true story, not only makes more and more people know about the cruel practices of female circumcision in some African countries, but also makes government leaders and the public really realize the harm caused by female circumcision, so that such bad habits can be completely eliminated from society, which has important practical significance.