Hawa Abdi Livres

The moving memoir of one brave woman who, along with her daughters, has kept 90,000 of her fellow citizens safe, healthy, and educated for over 20 years in Somalia. 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.

Kniha je strhující autobiografií somálské gynekoložky Hawy Abdiové, angažující se v hnutí za lidská práva a nominované na Nobelovu cenu míru. Zároveň je autentickým obrazem smutného osudu a tragického stavu současné somálské společnosti. Doktorka Hawa Abdiová se svými dcerami provozuje nemocnici a školu v největším táboře pro vysídlené somálské občany v zemi, který existuje již přes dvacet let a který poskytl útočiště neuvěřitelným 90 000 lidí. V roce 2010 zvolil časopis Glamour Hawu Abdiovou a její dcery Deqo a Aminu Mohamedovy (které jsou rovněž lékařkami) za „ženy roku“, trojici pak nazval „somálskými světicemi“ a Hawu Abdiovou označil jako „Matku Terezu kříženou s Rambem“. V roce 2011 zařadil americký týdeník Newsweek dr. Abdiovou mezi „150 žen, jež otřásly světem“. Ve své somálské nemocnici dokázala společně s dcerami zachránit desetitisíce životů.