Hawa Abdi Quotes


When I decided to become a doctor, I was very, very young, when my mother, her seventh child, became pregnant, and she was feeling terrible pain, and I could not know how to help her. And my mother died in front of my eyes, without knowing why, which diagnosis. So I decided to be a doctor.


Citations

Abdi, Hawa, and Deqo Mohamed. "Mother and Daughter Doctor-Heroes." TED, Dec. 2010.

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Hawa Abdi
Hawa Abdi
  • Born: May 17, 1947
  • Died: August 5, 2020
  • Nationality: Somali
  • Profession: Physician, Obstetrician, Activist

Hawa Abdi Dhiblawe was a Somali human rights activist and physician. She was the founder and chairperson of the Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation (DHAF), a non-profit organization.