Leyla Hussein is — at first glance — glamorous, vibrant, and brimming with an unstoppable energy that can switch in a moment from bubbly to boiling. Across three interviews over the course of four months and two continents, she effortlessly bounds from cracking jokes about race to passionately recounting conflicts she’s had with the country’s most powerful politicians. She is exuberant, though her mission — and the reason for our conversations — is deadly serious: to end female genital mutilation (FGM) and support the brave women who’ve experienced it.
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