Ubah Ali

Ubah Ali (born 1996) is a social activist and feminist from Somaliland, who campaigns against female genital mutilation.

[2] Her parents are both primary school dropouts: her father worked as a cab driver until he had a stroke in 2012, and her mother used to sell clothes.

[5] In 2020, Ali became more widely known due to her campaigning against female genital mutilation (FGM) in Somaliland.

[2] In 2018 she founded the Solace for Somaliland Girls Foundation, which aims to end the practice through education and awareness campaigns.

[4] Whilst many Somali people associate FGM with Sharia, Ali alongside doctors and a growing number of religious leaders believe it to be a cultural phenomenon, which can be altered.