Samira Hashi
Samira hashi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1991 |
| Nationality | British |
| Modeling information | |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Brown |
Samira Hashi is a Somali-British model, social activist and community worker based in London.
Career, activism and other ventures
[edit]Samira Hashi moved to Britain at the age of 3 with her mother Lul Musse and grandmother Faduma when the Somali civil war began. She began modelling at the age of 17 after being regularly stopped by modelling agencies. She has since been doing regular photo shoots, editorials, fashion shows, modelling campaigns and promotional runways. She is also involved in charity work. She was a winner of the 2011 Fashion4 Africa prize.[1][2]
She was filmed in a documentary about her country of birth with BBC3. In the Film, she discusses the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), and other issues she claims are blighting Somalia. On her return to London, she began campaigning with Save the Children, to highlight such issues and said " I go into schools with a high number of Somali girls, and they always seem shocked that it is part of our history and culture. We need women to talk about their experiences, men to talk about their marital experiences, clerics to explain it is not linked to religion and doctors to talk about the problems it causes. Then things will change – when we discuss what FGM is really doing".[3][4][5][6][7][8]
See also
[edit]- Ayan Elmi
References
[edit]- ^ Promota: Samira Hashi retrieved 6 December 2013
- ^ "STAR | News | BBC Films Young Londoner on Her Journey Back to Mogadishu - Watch it Now!". www.star-network.org.uk. Archived from the original on 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ Khaleeli, Homa (7 September 2013). "Female genital mutilation: 'Mothers need to say no'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ Returning to Somalia, Samira Hashi retrieved 6 December 2013
- ^ Report calls for female genital mutilation to be treated as child abuse Archived 6 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 6 December 2013
- ^ BBC awarded for Africa reports retrieved 6 December 2013
- ^ "Last night's viewing - Escape from the World's Most Dangerous Place". The Independent. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ "Tonight's TV Pick: Foxes, Escape From War-Torn Somalia, The 70s". HuffPost UK. 30 April 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2019.