Hawa Abdi Quotes

Somalia, Activist
May 17, 1947 – August, 5, 2020.

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

Also known as Physician

We women in Somalia are trying to be leaders in our community.

Hawa Abdi
- Trying
- Community
- Leader
I have big hope for the Canadian government to help Somalia with something concrete and tangible. I haven't seen that.

Hawa Abdi
- Government
- Helping
- Bigs

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.

Hawa Abdi
- Children
- Mother
- Pain
The long-term solution in preventing another famine in Somalia is to promote self-reliance.

Hawa Abdi
- Long
- Term
- Solutions
Women can build stability. We can make peace.

Hawa Abdi
- Women
- Peace
- Stability
At night I dream about going to where I played when I was still young.

Hawa Abdi
- Dream
- Night
- Young