SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Hawa Abdi

1947 - 2020

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Hawa Abdi Dhiblawe (Somali: Xaawo Cabdi, Arabic: حواء عبدي, 17 May 1947 – 5 August 2020) was a Somali human rights activist and physician. She was the founder and chairperson of the Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation (DHAF), a non-profit organization. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hawa Abdi is the 517th most popular social activist (up from 590th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Somalia and the most popular Somali Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Hawa Abdi ranks 517 out of 840. Before her are Lucy Stone, Ruby Bridges, Ernestine Rose, Micaela Bastidas, Estela de Carlotto, and Teuku Umar. After her are Katie Eder, Ibrahim Zakzaky, Tarab Abdul Hadi, Meena Keshwar Kamal, Szeto Wah, and Vladimir Burtsev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Hawa Abdi ranks 556. Before her are Érik Orsenna, Þorsteinn Pálsson, John Ratzenberger, Gordon Neufeld, Gregg Rolie, and Maria del Mar Bonet. After her are Hülya Koçyiğit, Louise Arbour, Glynn Turman, Giora Spiegel, Benjamin Orr, and Don McKenzie. Among people deceased in 2020, Hawa Abdi ranks 481. Before her are Regis Philbin, Dieter Krause, Nikolai Gubenko, Nina Andreyeva, Ephrem M'Bom, and Tilo Prückner. After her are Flossie Wong-Staal, Oskar Fischer, Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero, Claude Barthélemy, Efraín Sánchez, and Kiki Dimoula.

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In Somalia

Among people born in Somalia, Hawa Abdi ranks 25 out of 58. Before her are Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939), Nuruddin Farah (1945), Ayaan Hirsi Ali (1969), Hassan Ali Khayre (1968), Abdi Farah Shirdon (1958), and Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (1928). After her are Abdiweli Gaas (1967), Abdulqawi Yusuf (1948), Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (1964), Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur (1931), Aden Madobe (1956), and Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed (1958).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Somalia

Among social activists born in Somalia, Hawa Abdi ranks 1. After her are Fartuun Adan (1969), Faiza Jama Mohamed (1958), Ilwad Elman (1990), and Nimco Ali (1983).

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