{"id":383907,"date":"2026-10-01T19:00:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T18:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/weve-had-to-fight-to-be-seen-and-heard-ramla-ali-speaks-ahead-of-her-upcoming-biopic\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T19:00:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T18:00:42","slug":"weve-had-to-fight-to-be-seen-and-heard-ramla-ali-speaks-ahead-of-her-upcoming-biopic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/weve-had-to-fight-to-be-seen-and-heard-ramla-ali-speaks-ahead-of-her-upcoming-biopic\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ve had to fight to be seen and heard&#8217;: Ramla Ali speaks ahead of her upcoming biopic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/flsgNJAEA90\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"We've had to fight to be seen and heard': Ramla Ali speaks ahead of her upcoming biopic\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/flsgNJAEA90\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Ramla Ali&#8217;s family fled Somalia&#8217;s civil war when she was a toddler after her 12-year-old brother was killed by an explosive. As refugees, they settled in East London, where Ali learnt how to box. She later competed for Somalia at the Olympics in Tokyo while also building a career in modelling, filmmaking, and activism. Her life story is now being told in a new biopic, In the Shadows, starring Jasmine Jobson of Top Boy and MobLand. Ali explains why she believes Jobson is the right person to play her.<\/p>\n<p>#RamlaAli #JasmineJobson #InTheShadows <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramla Ali&#8217;s family fled Somalia&#8217;s civil war when she was a toddler after her 12-year-old brother was killed by an explosive. As refugees, they settled in East London, where Ali learnt how to box. She later competed for Somalia at the Olympics in Tokyo while also building a career in modelling, filmmaking, and activism. 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