Savera UK Talking FGM: An Afternoon with Ifrah Ahmed, the "Girl from Mogadishu"

Описание: [Warning for detailed discussion about female genital mutilation and its effects] | Catch up with Savera UK's event Talking FGM: An Afternoon with Ifrah Ahmed, the "Girl from Mogadishu" in partnership with Liverpool Arab Arts Festival.

Ifrah Ahmed, social activist and survivor of female genital mutilation (FGM) joined speakers from Savera UK and Liverpool Arab Arts Festival (LAAF) for an event ahead of UN’s International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation.

On Thursday 4th February, global gender-based violence activist, Ifrah Ahmed, joined director, Mary McGuckian, Savera UK founder and CEO, Afrah Qassim and LAAF’s volunteer festival programmer, Professor Anahid Kassabian, for a panel discussion based around the Pembridge Pictures film, A Girl From Mogadishu, which was based on Ifrah’s recorded testimony and directed, produced and written by Mary McGuckian.

The event discussed Ifrah’s story and the issues it raises around FGM and gender-based violence and was chaired by Savera UK Patron and former Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England, Nazir Azfal OBE.

Winner of the Cinema for Peace Women’s Empowerment Award at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival, A Girl From Mogadishu is a powerful and inspiring film based on the true story of global gender-based violence activist, Ifrah Ahmed, who will join Mary McGuckian, Savera UK’s Afrah Qassim and LAAF’s Professor Anahid Kassabian for the event.

Fleeing war-torn Somalia in 2006 for the United States, Ifrah is trafficked to Dublin, Ireland where she applies for asylum. A traumatic medical examination reveals the extent of her mutilation as a child.

Traumatised by the memory, she channels the experience into a force for change and emerges as a formidable campaigner against female genital mutilation at the highest political echelons in Ireland, Europe and globally.

Starring Aja Naomi King (How to Get Away with Murder) as Ifrah Ahmed and Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips) along with Orla Brady (Picard, Rose Plays Julie) and Somali icon, Maryam Mursal the film boasts an original score by Nitin Sawhney and its title track also features Quiet by Milck, the unofficial anthem of the 2017 USA Women’s March.

A Girl From Mogadishu is now available to watch on Amazon Prime.