Ummi Baba-Ahmed

Zainab, a recently widowed Muslim woman, endures the suffocating confines of her mother-in-law's home, where she must remain until the end of her mandatory mourning period. Burdened with financial woes and a secret pregnancy, an unlikely friendship becomes her lifeline as she confronts her grief and redefines her aspirations in a struggle to move on.

Beyond The Veil follows the lives of five women living in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja as they navigate work, love, family and friendship.