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Desert Flower

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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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Status: Released

Released Date: 2009-09-24

Runtime: 120 mins

Director: Sherry Hormann

Spoken language: English, Français, Somali

Genres: Drama

Original title: Desert Flower

Production Companies: Backup Media, Desert Flower, Majestic Filmproduktion, MTM West Television & Film, Dor Film, Bac Films

Production Countries: Austria, Germany, France

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