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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 8 books in this booklist
£16.99 paperback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781914420436 | ISBN 10: 1914420438
In 1993, Gareth Owen volunteered to go to Somalia with an Irish aid agency. Located in a remote desert outpost, he encountered the brutality of conflict and famine and experienced the hardships and struggles of an extraordinary race of desert warrior ... more
View book details£13.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781844087884 | ISBN 10: 1844087883
The truly inspiring and moving story of a female doctor in war torn Somalia who refuses to leave her country and her people. For the last twenty years, Dr Hawa Abdi and her daughters have run a refugee camp on their family farm not far from Mo ... more
View book details£14.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781842779330 | ISBN 10: 1842779338
Somalia is a failed state, representing a threat to itself, its neighbours and the wider world. In recent years, it has become notorious for the piracy off its coast and the rise of Islamic extremism, opening it up as a new 'southern front' in the wa ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9781416526247 | ISBN 10: 1416526242
In this profoundly affecting memoir from the internationally renowned author of The Caged Virgin, Ayaan Hirsi Ali tells her astonishing life story, from her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia to her intellectual awakening in the Netherlands, to ... more
View book details£19.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781558615311 | ISBN 10: 1558615318
This powerful memoir by international anti-FGM activist Fadumo Korn portrays both her life-altering transformation after she undergoes a brutal female circumcision at the age of seven and her journey to recovery and empowerment. As a feisty nomad, Fa ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2004) - ISBN 13: 9781844080083 | ISBN 10: 1844080080
Fasion model, UN ambassador and courageous spirit, Waris Dirie is a remarkable woman. Born into a traditional family of tribal desert nomads in Somalia, she told her story - enduring female circumcision at five years old; running away at twelve throu ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2001) - ISBN 13: 9781860497582 | ISBN 10: 1860497586
"Born a Somalian nomad, by the time she made it as a top model, she'd survived genital mutilation and a face-off with a tiger... She's now a UN special Ambassador. Take a cue from Waris's charm and courage."(Company)"A story that traverses continents ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (1995) - ISBN 13: 9780747520221 | ISBN 10: 0747520224
Aman is the intimate first-person account of a young woman's coming-of-age in Somalia. The daughter of tribal leaders, Aman recounts her dramatic life with stark simplicity and winning candour: an innocent childhood romance with a white boy that lead ... more
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