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Desert Flower Worksheets
Identify the following characters (pgs. 1-77):
Fattuma Ahmed Aden
Waris Dirie
Ali
Old Man
Guban
Uncle Ahmed
Waris's father
Little wife
Aman
Halemo
Fauziya
Mr. Galool
Wolde'ab
Uncle Sayyid
Aunt L'uul
Granny
Aunt Sahru
Fatima
Mohammed Chama Farah
Aunt Maruim
1) What is the essential value of camels in Somalia?
2) According to tradition, who tended to the large animals? Who tended to the smaller ones?
3) Waris said, "our
animals were too valuable for us to kill and eat…"(13) why?
4) What is Waris's role in her family?
5) What is maqal hidhid?
6) What is the meaning of avdohol?
7) In addition to raising camels, how did Waris's family make money?
8) According to Waris, large families are typical in Somalia. How are children viewed?
9) What does Waris's name mean?
10) Identify the sentence types on p. 36(1st paragraph)
11) What was the original time of female circumcision?
12) Why do girls need to be "fixed"?
13) Why were Papa's girls so valuable to him?
14) Identify the sentence types on p. 55 (1st paragraph)
15) Define Waris's life "outdoors".
16) Define Waris's life "indoors".
Identify the following characters (pgs. 92-200):
Basma
Uncle Abdullah
Sophie
Haji
Shukree
Malcolm Fairchild
Halwu
Veronica
Terence Donovan
Naomi Campbell
Marilyn Monroe
Dr. Macrae
Frankie
Harold Wheeler
Mr.O'Sullivan
Julie
Nigel
Richard Avedon
Gerry Pomeroy
Dana
1) What was Waris's first modeling experience?
2) What are knickers?
3) What are two problems associated with circumcision and relationships with men for
Waris?
4) According to Waris, what are some difficulties of modeling?
5) What is significant about the name Waris gives her son?
6) Given all that Waris has gone through in her early life, why is she not
angry about her upbringing?
Desert Flower/Waris Dirie/Somalia
http://www.facetoface.org/mission.html (face to face international)
http://www.tve.org/sisters/breaking.html (documentary)
http://www.unfpa.org/news/pressroom/1997/dirie.htm (UN press release)
http://www.fgmnetwork.org/articles/Waris.htm (reader's digest)
http://www.unfpa.org/modules/goodwill/ambassadors/waris.htm (UNPF press release)
http://www.anaserve.com/~mbali/women.htm (Somali women)
http://info.tve.org/news/doc.cfm?aid=726 (documentary)
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/so.html (Somalia info)
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/sotoc.html (Somalia info)
http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/sotoc.html links to Somalia)
http://www.arab.net/somalia/somalia_contents.html Somalia info)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1672000/1672220.stm (Somalia and Bin Laden)
http://digilander.iol.it/aohc/selart01e.htm (Terence Donovan)
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