From Somalia to Ireland: Incredible tale of a girl who triumphed over displacement and FGM
Mary McGuckian, director of A Girl From Mogadishu.
THE REMARKABLE story of Ifrah Ahmed is told in A Girl From Mogadishu, a drama which tells of the extraordinary events that brought her to Ireland. Trafficked here as a minor as civil war raged in Somalia, her country of birth, Ahmed had never heard of Ireland and believed she was travelling to an aunt in Minnesota until she reached her destination. She arrived here alone, without a word of English, made the country her home and became a global campaigner to end female genital mutilation.
For US actress Aja Naomi King, hearing of Ahmed’s story after reading filmmaker Mary McGuckian’s script made signing up for the project a no-brainer.
