In episode 6, we talk about FGM, genetics and share our first recipe. Our three figures are Edna Adan Ismail, that uncoiling a human’s DNA will stretch 10 billion miles and our recipe for chilli sin carne and guacamole.

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#JusticeForNoura Petition

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Noura Hussein: 'Hoping for a miracle to stop our daughter being hanged', Mohamed Osman

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-44579060

Ctrl Alt Delete Podcast: This Is What Being A Junior Doctor Is Like with Adam Key, presented by Emma Gannon.

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Time Magazine cover shows Trump looking down on crying migrant toddler, Mythili Sampathkumar

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-time-magazine-cover-migrant-child-border-john-moore-us-mexico-july-2018-a8410006.html

Figure 1: Edna Adan Ismail

Desert Island Discs: Edna Adan Ismail, presented by Kirsty Young

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b099w3v2

BBC News Africa: African Women You Need to Know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64WgsvFL14Y

The Girl Generation, Together to End FGM

https://www.thegirlgeneration.org/edna-adan-ismail

Edna Adan Hospital

http://www.ednahospital.org/

NHS: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/female-genital-mutilation-fgm/

Figure 2: Uncoiling a human’s DNA will stretch 10 billion miles.

In Our Time: Rosalind Franklin, presented by Melvyn Bragg

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09rzm9y

Sexism in science: did Watson and Crick really steal Rosalind Franklin’s data?, Matthew Cobb

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jun/23/sexism-in-science-did-watson-and-crick-really-steal-rosalind-franklins-data

The Inquiry: Is Gene Editing Out of Control?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p057w3c6

Figure 3: Recipe: Chilli sin carne and guacamole.

Ingredients for the Chilli sin carne:

2 cloves of garlic

1 diced onion

1 diced red pepper

6-8 asparagus (chopped)

500g of Mince Free Meat (link below)

500g of Chopped Tomatoes

500g of Pasata

2 tpns Smoked Paprika

1tpn Hot Chilli Powder

1tpn Cinnamon

1 tbpn Soy Sauce

Method: Begin by simmering the garlic and onion in olive oil until they brown; then add the pepper and asparagus. After 5 minutes, add the mince and stir until all ingredients are mixed together. Then add the spices and seasoning as well as the tomatoes and passata. Then leave on the hob on a low heat for 20-30 minutes. Serve with rice or potatoes (or whatever you fancy!).

To prepare the guacamole, mash up 1 ripe avocado, add lime juice, finely chopped coriander and salt and pepper to taste.

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The Doctor’s Kitchen Podcast: Eat Plants with Ben Brown, presented by Dr Rupy Aujla

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Hass avocado composition and potential health effects.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23638933

Jamie Oliver shows chicken's egg-to-plate hell, Nicole Martin

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575020/Jamie-Oliver-shows-chickens-egg-to-plate-hell.html

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