Break the Silence, Build a Future

Before the trial. Before the headlines. This is Sahra. In Episode 2 of Eight Minutes to Silence, Fartumo Kusow introduces her daughter Sahra as the shild she loved, the memories, the moments, the life that existed before the world only knew her story through loss. This episode walks through the timeline of the day Sahra disappeared, honoring who she was before turning toward what the trial would later reveal. This is a season about breaking silence and building a future. Sahra's story is where

I thought I knew what a trial would look like. Television prepares you for a few dramatic days and clear answers — it does not prepare you for three and a half weeks of testimony, evidence entered page by page, and a level of care I didn't expect. In this season opener, I walk you through what it actually meant to sit through my daughter Sahra's trial: the moment I was asked to give my own blood so the forensic lab could identify her remains, being called as the very first witness, and the unex

What could you do with eight minutes? Fold a load of laundry. Brew a pot of coffee. Sit through the previews before a movie starts. It's nothing. A time you don't even notice passing. But eight minutes of silence isn't nothing. It's a phone ringing with no one answering. A door someone almost knocked on. Every second someone could have acted, and didn't. Eight minutes is how long it took to alter my family's life forever. This season, host Fartumo Kusow tells the full story of her daughter Sa

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#IamSahraBulle Campaign 2025 | Community Action to End Gender-Based Violence

🎙️ Episode Title (specific + SEO) Breaking the Silence: Community Action Against Gender-Based Violence #IamSahraBulle Campaign 2025 In this powerful opening episode of Break the Silence, Build a Future, Fartumo Kusow — author, storyteller, and founder of the Sahra Bulle Foundation — emphasizes the urgent need for action against gender-based violence (GBV) and the dangers of silence. Through her personal story, Fartumo illustrates how silence costs lives and why advocacy, empowerment, and wome

A Mother’s Story of Love, Loss, and the Journey Through Grief

Why survivors are speaking out — and the systems still aren’t listening.