Keeping Hope Alive: One Woman: 90,000 Lives Changed
Autor Hawa Abdi Cu Sarah J. Robbinsen Limba Engleză Hardback – apr 2013
Dr. Hawa Abdi, "the Mother Teresa of Somalia" and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, is the founder of a massive camp for internally displaced people located a few miles from war-torn Mogadishu, Somalia. Since 1991, when the Somali government collapsed, famine struck, and aid groups fled, she has dedicated herself to providing help for people whose lives have been shattered by violence and poverty. She turned her 1300 acres of farmland into a camp that has numbered up to 90,000 displaced people, ignoring the clan lines that have often served to divide the country. She inspired her daughters, Deqo and Amina, to become doctors. Together, they have saved tens of thousands of lives in her hospital, while providing an education to hundreds of displaced children.
In 2010, Dr. Abdi was kidnapped by radical insurgents, who also destroyed much of her hospital, simply because she was a woman. She, along with media pressure, convinced the rebels to let her go, and she demanded and received a written apology.
Dr. Abdi's story of incomprehensible bravery and perseverance will inspire readers everywhere.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781455503766
ISBN-10: 1455503762
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 146 x 216 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10: 1455503762
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 146 x 216 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Grand Central Publishing
Notă biografică
Dr.
Hawa
Abdi,
a
Somalian
human
rights
activist,
lawyer,
and
doctor,
specializing
in
gynecology,
founded
the
Doctor
Hawa
Abdi
Foundation,
which
runs
a
hospital
and
school
in
one
of
the
largest
internally
displaced
persons
camps
in
the
country,
offering
sanctuary
to
nearly
90,000
people.Glamournamed
her
"Woman
of
the
Year"
in
2010
and
dubbed
her
and
her
daughters
"the
Saints
of
Somalia,
equal
parts
Mother
Teresa
and
Rambo."
She
was
featured
as
one
of
the
top
"Women
Who
Shake
the
World"
in
Newsweek
in
2011,
was
interviewed
by
Tina
Brown
at
the
2011
Women
in
the
World
Summit,
and
this
year
has
been
nominated
for
a
Nobel
Peace
Prize.
Recenzii
"Keeping
Hope
Aliveis
the
inspiring
story
of
how
one
woman
educated,
fed
and
healed
thousands
of
the
world's
vulnerable
in
one
of
the
most
dangerous
places
on
earth."
--Angelina
Jolie,Actress
and
Activist
"Dr. Hawa Abdi embodies the resilience, compassion, and grace of the human spirit. In this poignanttestament of her life's work, she reminds us that we are deeply interconnected and compels us to act. If we seek to create lasting peace, to preserve freedom and protect dignity, we need to stand with leaders like Dr. Abdi." --Alyse Nelson,President & CEO, Vital Voices Global Partnership
"One of the great heroes of our time, Dr. Hawa Abdi, has written a beautiful, heart-gladdening book about what she created against a tide of violence and destruction. Everyone should read this book to find the hope within themselves." --Tina Brown.Editor,NewsweekandThe Daily Beast
"Dr. Hawa Abdi is the fiercest, most compassionate frontline humanitarian and doctor on the planet. She has faced the risk of near-certain death and is called Mama Hawa by the hundreds of thousands of Somali people whose lives she has saved. Her extraordinary life defies imagination and instills courage in each of us." --Eliza Griswold,Journalist and author ofThe Tenth Parallel
"Dr. Hawa Abdi embodies the resilience, compassion, and grace of the human spirit. In this poignanttestament of her life's work, she reminds us that we are deeply interconnected and compels us to act. If we seek to create lasting peace, to preserve freedom and protect dignity, we need to stand with leaders like Dr. Abdi." --Alyse Nelson,President & CEO, Vital Voices Global Partnership
"One of the great heroes of our time, Dr. Hawa Abdi, has written a beautiful, heart-gladdening book about what she created against a tide of violence and destruction. Everyone should read this book to find the hope within themselves." --Tina Brown.Editor,NewsweekandThe Daily Beast
"Dr. Hawa Abdi is the fiercest, most compassionate frontline humanitarian and doctor on the planet. She has faced the risk of near-certain death and is called Mama Hawa by the hundreds of thousands of Somali people whose lives she has saved. Her extraordinary life defies imagination and instills courage in each of us." --Eliza Griswold,Journalist and author ofThe Tenth Parallel
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The truly inspiring and moving story of a female doctor in war torn Somalia who refuses to leave her country and her people
The truly inspiring and moving story of a female doctor in war torn Somalia who refuses to leave her country and her people