Nima Ismail is the director and founder of Project Somali. She is an FGM activist, and in 2013, she completed a degree in Health Promotion at the University of West London with a dissertation on female genital mutilation in the Somali community.
She moved to Birmingham where she has worked exclusively in development projects in Birmingham and Somali. Nima is passionate about the development of Somali women and her passion has brought her to initiate and lead the projects of Project Somali.