Khadra Sufi

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Khadra Sufi (* 1980 in Somalia ) is a German presenter , author and fashion designer .

Life

Early years

Khadra Sufi is the daughter of a Somali diplomat and spent the first years of her life in Yemen , Zambia and Saudi Arabia . In 1983 the diplomatic family moved to East Berlin . At the age of eight she returned to Somalia with her parents and siblings. The family was persecuted by insurgents during the Somali civil war and in 1990 had to flee to Egypt via Kenya . A year later they came to the reunified Germany, where they lived in a home for asylum seekers near Bonn . Khadra did not follow her family when they moved to London and stayed in Germany. Here the sixteen-year-old lived at times penniless in a converted garage. She completed her secondary school leaving certificate and received training as a medical assistant, worked and applied for castings.

In the media

In 2003, Sufi lived for 43 days on the television show Big Brother (Season 4) . Sufi has been a presenter at the teleshopping channel QVC since 2007 , where she has been offering her own clothing line since 2013. She also moderates various web TV formats and events. She worked as a reporter for the Bild (newspaper) in Cologne from 2008 to 2010 and as a live reporter and author for the local time Ruhr of the WDR between 2009 and 2012.

In 2010 her autobiography The Girl Who Was Not Allowed To Cry , which became a bestseller , was published.

Sufi was a guest on programs such as ZDF-Mittagsmagazin ( ZDF , March 2010), Menschen der Woche ( SWR June 2010), plasberg in person (WDR, July 2012), West ART (WDR, November 2013), Im Dialog ( Phoenix , October 2013), inka! (ZDF, September 2013), tough but fair ( ARD , September 2013), people at Maischberger (ARD, August 2013) and Markus Lanz . (ZDF, January 2018).

social commitment

Sufi has been an ambassador for UN refugee aid since 2012 . In 2013 she supported the Cologne youth musical ensemble YoungStage . Together with the art agent Jenny Falckenberg, Sufi took over the patronage for the Hamburg association Kitz 4 Kids in 2018 .

In 2015 she was awarded the Golden Pea for her commitment .

Private

Sufi has been in a relationship with the music producer Mousse T since 2018 . She lives in Hamburg.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The girl who wasn't allowed to cry. In: Kobo .
  2. ↑ a b Khadra Sufi in dialogue with Alfred Schier In: Phoenix . 20th October 2013.
  3. ↑ a b Khadra Sufi. In: ZDF-Mittagsmagazin . March 11, 2010.
  4. ↑ Maik Brodersen: The incredible career of Khadra. In: Bild (newspaper) . November 14, 2013.
  5. ↑ a b Khadra Sufi in the Internet Movie Database (English)Template: IMDb / Maintenance / Unnecessary use of parameter 2
  6. ↑ a b Vita. In: khadra-sufi.com
  7. ↑ Khadra Sufi: The girl who was not allowed to cry . Südwest Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-641-04720-7 .
  8. ↑ Khadra Sufi, author with an eventful past. "I am lucky to be able to wait at a pedestrian traffic light". In: ARD theme week . November 16-22, 2013.
  9. ↑ Bernd Peters: QVC record presenter. How Khadra Sufi is pampered on vacation. In: Berliner Kurier . June 18, 2016.
  10. ↑ Khadra Sufi. In: People of the Week . June 19, 2010.
  11. ↑ Somalia and back. Khadra at "plasberg in person". In: bbfun.de of July 9, 2012.
  12. ^ Arno Frank: Lampedusa debate at Plasberg. “Nice safari in South Africa, eh?” In: Der Spiegel. October 8, 2013.
  13. ^ Mathias Zschaler: Asylum Talk with Maischberger. First and foremost, human dignity . In: Der Spiegel . August 28, 2013.
  14. ↑ Khadra Sufi . In: Markus Lanz (TV broadcast) . January 25, 2018.
  15. ^ Moderator, designer, author. Khadra Sufi. In: UN refugee aid .
  16. ↑ Simon Goebel: Political talk shows about escape. Constructions of Reality and Discourses. A critical analysis. transcript Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-8394-3716-2 , p. 308.
  17. ↑ Frank Weiffen: Musical. Schoolchildren start the mammoth project. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . June 21, 2013. (Paid content)
  18. ↑ Lien Kaspari: Jenny Falckenberg and Khadra Sufi. Power women make themselves strong for children. In: Bild (newspaper) from September 10, 2018.
  19. ↑ The GOLDEN PEA award . In: märchenland.de
  20. ↑ Ex-DSDS juror Mousse T. He is now together with this TV presenter. In: vip.de from November 16, 2018.
  21. ↑ To stay in Germany, she lived in a garage. Interview with Norman habenicht. In: 5einhalb.de of March 27, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Sufi, Khadra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German presenter, author and fashion designer
DATE OF BIRTH 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Somalia