Edna Ismail recalls her nursing training in London and the mixed reactions from the people she meets. Seven years later she returns to a newly independent Somali Republic. Show more

Edna Ismail’s memoir of her Somali childhood recalls the influence of her beloved Doctor father and the devastating trauma of FGM. Show more

Edna Ismail recalls the pain and humiliation of her wedding night as a circumcised woman. Now married to a politician, her profile rises as she continues to practise midwifery. Show more

Midwife Edna Ismail returns to the Somali republic to work in a hospital with little equipment. She learns to establish credibility with nomadic women delivering babies. Show more

Edna’s marriage to Mohammed ends, following a military coup. Against all the odds, she builds her hospital, brick-by-brick - and continues her lifetime campaign against FGM. Show more