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Feb 21, 2023
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Waris Dirie looks back on a moving life. It's a mature film, because her award-winning autobiography also became a success on the screen. Now Dirie's coming to the Donut town.
WHEN/DONAUSTlTY. Desert flowers are characterized by their resilience. I think the Somali-Austrian author, Waris Dirie, has chosen this title for her most famous work. This autobiography is about Dirie's life. She grew up as a nomadic girl in the desert of Somalia.
At the age of 13, she fled to Mogadishu in the face of forced marriage with a much older man. Afterwards, she led her way to London, where she was discovered in a shop by a photographer and became a successful model. Dirie used her success as an activist against female genital mutilation.
On March 5th, Dirie will be a guest
From 1997 to 2003, she was the UN Special Envoy against the circumcision of female genital mutilation. In 2002, she founded her own organization, the Desert Flower Foundation.
Now, Waris Dirie's coming to visit Donut. Sunday, five. March, she's coming to the Cineplexx Danube Center, where the footage of her bestseller is shown. The event will be hosted by the EVP district party wife Gudrun Kugler and her deputy, Christian Klar. Let's start at 13.Registration is by mail to office@gudrunkugler.Maybe.
