# Kadra Yusuf (Kadra Yuusuf)

> Kadra Yusuf (born 1980): Norwegian-Somali activist whose 2000 undercover documentary exposed support for FGM.

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## Who is she?

Kadra Yusuf, also known as Kadra Noor, is a Norwegian-Somali activist born on 16 June 1980 ([Wikipedia, Kadra Yusuf](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadra_Yusuf)). See [Somalis in Norway](/en/diaspora/norway/).

## The 2000 documentary

In 2000 she investigated female genital cutting in the Somali community in Norway for the TV 2 programme *Rikets tilstand* ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadra_Yusuf)). Working undercover, she recorded imams in Norway supporting the practice (same source). She received the Fritt Ord Honorary Award for this work (same source). The Norwegian newspaper VG later profiled her among "those who change lives" ([VG, 26 December 2020](https://www.vg.no/nyheter/meninger/i/M354RJ/de-som-endrer-liv)).

## 2007

In April 2007 she called for the Quran to be reinterpreted on Muslim women's rights ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadra_Yusuf)). Several days later a group of Somali men and women attacked her (same source).

## In short

A Norwegian-Somali activist known for an undercover 2000 documentary on female genital cutting in Norway.

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