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Hawa Abdi: Media

Somalian physician, lawyer, and activist

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Hawa Abdi, 2013
Somali physician Hawa Abdi's memoir, Keeping Hope Alive (2013), recounts...
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Hawa Abdi treating a patient at her refugee camp, 2007
Abdi treated many patients at her clinic, which grew into a 400-bed hospital.
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A doctor meeting with a patient at Hope Village, 2013
After the Hope Village closed in 2020, the Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation continued to...
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