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Our goals: Waris Dirie Manifesto, desertflowerfoundation.org
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- 1 2 "Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ↑ WARIS DIRIE ‚Desert Flower‘ and ‚Desert Dawn‘ (summary of and background to the autobiography) fundus.org, accessed 6 March 2019
- ↑ Hofmann, Katja (2008-02-09). "Model Liya Kebede to star in 'Flower'". Variety . Retrieved 6 March 2019.
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