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Hawa Abdi
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Somalian physician, activist (1947-2020)
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Hawa Abdi, also known by the pseudonym Mama Hawa and the name Xaawo Cabdi, was a Somali gynecologist, lawyer, physician, and jurist. Born in Mogadishu in 1947, she worked in the fields of law, gynaecology, medicine, and humanitarian aid. She was educated at the Somali National University, Bogomolets National Medical University, and Mogadishu University. Abdi spoke Somali, Arabic, and English.
She authored one work titled *Keeping hope alive*. Abdi died in Mogadishu on August 5, 2020.
Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Open Library. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Vinony's link graph records 24 inbound references to Hawa Abdi, and connects out to Somalia, Arabic and Mogadishu.
It is catalogued under topics including 1947 births, 2020 deaths and African women in war.
Vinony links it to 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1947
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Keeping hope alive
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Somalia
- Place of birth
- Mogadishu
- Place of death
- Mogadishu
- Occupation
- human rights defender
- Educated at
- Mogadishu University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- humanitarian aid
- Official website
- www.dhaf.org
- Image
- Dr Hawa Abdi by Eunice Lau in her fim Through the Fire.png
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1947-05-17
- pseudonym
- Mama Hawa
- date of death
- 2020-08-05
- name in native language
- حواء عبدي
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