{"id":1784,"date":"2024-05-30T07:53:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T07:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/naag-nool-the-women-embracing-an-iconic-somali-phrase-bbc-reel\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T07:53:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T07:53:30","slug":"naag-nool-the-women-embracing-an-iconic-somali-phrase-bbc-reel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/naag-nool-the-women-embracing-an-iconic-somali-phrase-bbc-reel\/","title":{"rendered":"Naag Nool: The women embracing an iconic Somali phrase \u2013 BBC REEL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2ORh4F_A_Xc?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>The Somali term &#8216;naag nool&#8217; directly translates as &#8216;woman alive&#8217;, but to the women that embrace the term it means so much more. Traditionally used to describe resilient, inspiring and powerful women, it&#8217;s the ultimate feminist phrase. But what does it mean to be a Naag Nool today?<\/p>\n<p>We meet the Somali women embodying and redefining what it means to be a Naag Nool in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Found in Translation is a series made as part of the In The Mix project, in partnership with BBC Studios TalentWorks, Black Creators Matter and the Barbican.<\/p>\n<p>Story by Adna Ahmed<br \/>\nDirected and produced by Kaylen Francis<br \/>\nVideography, sound and lighting by Ricardo McLeary-Campbell<br \/>\nExecutive producer and edit by Florence Craig<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to BBC Reel: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/bbcreel?sub_confirmation=1 <\/p>\n<p>More videos: https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/reel<\/p>\n<p>#bbc #bbcreel #bbcnews #somalia #africa #london #shortfilm<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2ORh4F_A_Xc\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Somali term &#8216;naag nool&#8217; directly translates as &#8216;woman alive&#8217;, but to the women that embrace the term it means so much more. Traditionally used to describe resilient, inspiring and powerful women, it&#8217;s the ultimate feminist phrase. But what does it mean to be a Naag Nool today? We meet the Somali women embodying and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":1785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[15,17,16,18,19],"class_list":["post-1784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-humans","tag-bbc","tag-bbcnews","tag-bbcreel","tag-factual","tag-features","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}