The Desert Flower

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Desert Flower | The Extraordinary Life of a Desert Nomad | Desert Flower The extraordinary Life of a Desert Nomad Desert flower is a great novel and has thus been an inspiration to a lot of people all over the globe. It tells a story about a determined young girl who took a risk in order to change her future and fate. From the desert of Somalia to the largest and most thriving cities, she was able to make a life for herself that she along with thousands of women throughout the world are proud of. The author used her story to inspire the world and open its eyes to the hidden acts of tradition and society. The writer begins the story in the Somali desert, where the people were semi commercial pastoral farmers, caring and maintaining animals for a living. These animals were their life support and they were theirs. They took care of the animals by feeding and watering them daily, in return the animals gave them milk and food. The author describes the difficulties that were encountered, which shows that this was not always an easy task to accomplish. The herding of the goats was done by a young girl named Waris. According to the writer, she came across numerous challenges to complete this chore successfully. There were times when her livestock was constantly endangered by hyenas, snakes and lions, she had to be vigilant and brave enough to make sure that she would return home with all the animals, in counting. She is portrayed as a hardworking and determined girl, as she would not return to camp with without them being watered or fed. This was a hard lifestyle and she had to be hard along with it, according to the writer. Along with her familys’ livestock, she had to herd her uncles’ too. This turned to be frustrating as there was no reward to look forward to after doing a good job. She continues to describe the nomadic life, showing the burden of having to
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