Norah Freed

Norah Freed, was born in Surrey into a large family (7 siblings!). She came to faith in Christ after she moved to Belfast aged 16, and in 1928, after completing a course at a Bible school in Birkenhead she sailed off to Morocco to serve in Tangier as a midwife missionary. She ministered to the Arabic speaking people until 1960, in which time she had become a scholar in Arabic and put those skills to great use by translating a whole Christian hymnbook.

At the age of 54, life completely changed as she married Ralph Freed, who was the general of Trans World Radio (TWR), his son, Paul Freed, was the founder. TWR was still developing in those early days, and it was ‘All hands on deck’ as different family members pulled together to make the project work, Norah include!

She went from midwife to radio broadcaster, as she became responsible for presenting a new programme  Woman to Woman. This programme first aired over TWR in 1964. She produced more than 1,700 programs, and repeats of these programs continue to be heard today. She personally replied to the thousands of letters she received over the 31 years of the show, and wrote 3 books in between.