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Hawa Abdi, 1947-
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Hawa Abdi, 1947-
Women human rights workers -- Somalia -- Biography.
Human rights workers -- Somalia -- Biography.
Women gynecologists -- Somalia -- Biography.
Gynecologists -- Biography.
Physicians, Black -- Somalia -- Biography.
Women, Black -- Somalia -- Biography.
Blacks -- Biography.
Somalia -- Biography.
Somalia -- History -- 1991-
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Hawa Abdi, 1947-
Hawa Abdi, 1947-
Women human rights workers -- Somalia -- Biography.
Human rights workers -- Somalia -- Biography.
Women gynecologists -- Somalia -- Biography.
Gynecologists -- Biography.
Physicians, Black -- Somalia -- Biography.
Women, Black -- Somalia -- Biography.
Blacks -- Biography.
Somalia -- Biography.
Somalia -- History -- 1991-
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Keeping
hope
alive
:
one
woman
:
90
,000
lives
changed
/ Hawa Abdi with Sarah J. Robbins.
by
Hawa Abdi, 1947-
Grand Central Publishing, c2013.
Call #:
323.092 H389k
Subjects
Hawa Abdi, 1947-
Women human rights workers -- Somalia -- Biography.
Human rights workers -- Somalia -- Biography.
Women gynecologists -- Somalia -- Biography.
Gynecologists -- Biography.
Physicians, Black -- Somalia -- Biography.
Women, Black -- Somalia -- Biography.
Blacks -- Biography.
Somalia -- Biography.
Somalia -- History -- 1991-
ISBN:
9781455503766 (hc.)
1455503762 (hc.)
Alternate title:
One
woman
:
90
,000
lives
changed
1
woman
:
90
,000
lives
changed
Description:
xvii, 246 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (on endpapers), photos. ; 21 cm.
Contents:
Introduction:
keeping
hope
alive
-- A stranger in my homeland -- Gold is made beautiful by fire -- To stop the bleeding -- Paradise in the world -- Friends and enemies -- Awaiting a life, awaiting a death -- Filling the hole in my heart -- Losing my past and my future -- Building my practice -- My sisters return -- Necessity is the mother of invention -- Collapse -- Why do you want to do this? -- Danger from without -- Today we are happy -- Operation Restore
Hope
--
One
wrong decision -- The fourth container -- Vice Minister of Labor and Sports -- We can remember -- Ahmed -- "A doctor bound by humanity" -- An ocean of need -- A new generation -- The attack -- Women of the year --Forgiveness.
Summary:
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.
Genre:
Autobiographies.
Other authors:
Robbins, Sarah J.
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Adult Biography
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