{"id":1183,"date":"2021-08-10T15:37:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T15:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/somalimagazine.so\/?p=1183"},"modified":"2022-07-02T15:04:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T15:04:22","slug":"the-person-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somalimagazine.so\/so\/the-person-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"The Person of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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is a Somali\u00a0professional boxer<\/a>, model, author, and racial equality activist. She is the first male or female Somali boxer in history to compete at the Olympic Games and the first female to become a professional boxer. As an\u00a0amateur\u00a0she won the 2015 Novice national championships in England, the 2016 England Boxing Elite National Championships, the 2016 Great British Championships, and the 2019 African Zone featherweight title. She is the first male or female to have won an African boxing title and international gold medals whilst representing Somalia. She moved to England from Somalia as a war refugee and\u00a0started boxing as a teenager in an effort to lose weight. She has since helped set up Somalia’s boxing federation in\u00a0Mogadishu\u00a0and became the first boxer in history to have represented Somalia in the Women’s World Championships, which was held in New Delhi, India. In January 2018 Ramla launched The Sisters Club, a charitable initiative focused on creating more spaces for black and ethnic-religious female minorities to participate in sport in the U.K<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Represented by\u00a0IMG Models<\/a>, Ramla has appeared on the front cover of British\u00a0Vogue<\/em>,\u00a0Wall Street Journal<\/em>,\u00a0Financial Times<\/em>,\u00a0Guardian Observer<\/em>,\u00a0Wonderland<\/em>,\u00a0ELLE<\/em>,\u00a0The Square Mile<\/em>,\u00a0The Week<\/em>,\u00a0Beauty Papers<\/em>,\u00a0ES Magazine<\/em>,\u00a0Swiss Style<\/em>,\u00a0M Milenio Magazine<\/em>,\u00a0Exit Magazine,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Puss Puss Magazine\u00a0and been photographed for publications\u00a0Time Magazine,\u00a0Spanish Vogue,\u00a0NY T Magazine,\u00a0Sunday Times Style, Twin, Times Luxx, Gentlewoman & Conde Nast, She is a global brand ambassador with Nike & Cartier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramla’s debut novel ‘Not Without A Fight’ which is a self-help book based on ten of the most important fights in her life is to be published by Merky Books & Penguin Random House in September 2021 and is currently on pre-order with Waterstones. It has also been announced that Academy Award-nominated, BAFTA-winning producer Lee Magiday alongside Film4 will be making a feature-length drama based on the life story of Ramla Ali. In 2021, she competed in the\u00a0women’s featherweight event<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a02020 Summer Olympics<\/a>\u00a0to become the first boxer ever to represent\u00a0Somalia<\/a>\u00a0on the Olympic stage<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2021 Somalia showcases a new page of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics this year, for the first time Somalia participates in non-athletic sport<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramla Ali has come against all odds to become the first female Somali boxer at the Olympics. It was not an easy journey for Ramla to reach the Olympics as it was required qualifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Ramla Ali lost to Romania’s maria Nashita by small details but her personality to represent Somalia of this sport will inspire younger people to pursue careers in different parts of the sport,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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