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| ⚫ | '''Ashwaq Moharram''' ({{langx|ar|أشواق محرم}}; born {{Birth based on age as of date|41|2016|11|21}})<ref name="bbc list">{{Cite news |date=21 November 2016 |title=BBC 100 Women 2016: Who is on the list? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-38012048 |access-date=28 July 2019 |work=BBC News}}</ref> is a Yemeni physician and activist, noted for her work dealing with starvation in the Yemeni city of [[Hudaydah|Al Hudaydah]]. |
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Moharram is married with 2 children. By late 2016, she lived alone in the [[Houthi movement|Houthi]]-controlled city of [[Al Hudaydah]], as she gave her husband the funds to take their children to [[Jordan]].<ref name=bbc/><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Trew |first=Bel |date=2016-11-12 |title=Angel of the desert cares for Yemen’s starving children |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/angel-of-the-desert-cares-for-yemens-starving-children-p229wsm37 |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=[[The Times]]}}</ref> |
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Moharram trained as a gynecologist.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Ashwaq Moharram: 2021 Aurora Humanitarian |url=https://auroraprize.com/en/ashwaq-moharram-2021-aurora-humanitarian |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=auroraprize.com}}</ref> She has done humanitarian work in Yemen since the early 2000s.<ref name=":0" /> |
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| ⚫ | Moharram has said of her work: "I'm seeing the same thing I used to watch on TV when the famine unfolded in Somalia. I never thought I would see this in Yemen." Moharram has worked for numerous international aid organisations, but since 2015 has worked independently, delivering medicine and food in her car, serving as a mobile clinic.<ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37429043|title=One woman's lonely struggle against famine in Yemen|publisher=BBC News|date=22 September 2016|accessdate=8 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corriere.it/esteri/16_settembre_24/ashwaq-muharram-medico-donna-che-salva-da-sola-yemen-f3830492-8241-11e6-8b8a-358967193929.shtml|title=Ashwaq Muharram, il medico donna che salva (da sola) lo Yemen |publisher=Corriere Della Sera|accessdate=8 December 2016|language=Italian}}</ref> She has also organized the distribution of food and milk to children in need.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2018-11-16 |title=‘We are on life support’: Doctor makes desperate plea from Yemeni city of Hodeidah as humanitarian crisis worsens |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/yemen-war-hodeidah-doctor-plea-un-hospital-missiles-a8635911.html |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=The Independent}}</ref> |
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Moharram has spoken to news media about the need for humanitarian aid in Yemen.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-01 |title=Residents in besieged Yemeni city forced to eat rubbish |url=https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/middle-east/yemen-war-hodeidah-houthi-un-residents-eat-rubbish-red-sea-city-a8757491.html |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=The Independent}}</ref> |
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== Awards and recognition == |
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In 2016, after working as a doctor for twenty years, she was named one of the [[BBC 100 Women]] for her achievements.<ref name="bbc list" /> |
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In 2021, she was a finalist for the 2021 [[Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity#2021 Aurora Prize|Aurora]] Humanitarian prize.<ref name=":1" /> |
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Ashwaq Moharram (Arabic: أشواق محرم; born 1974 or 1975 (age 49–50))[1] is a Yemeni physician and activist, noted for her work dealing with starvation in the Yemeni city of Al Hudaydah.
Life
[edit]Moharram is married with 2 children. By late 2016, she lived alone in the Houthi-controlled city of Al Hudaydah, as she gave her husband the funds to take their children to Jordan.[2][3]
Moharram trained as a gynecologist.[4] She has done humanitarian work in Yemen since the early 2000s.[3]
Moharram has said of her work: "I'm seeing the same thing I used to watch on TV when the famine unfolded in Somalia. I never thought I would see this in Yemen." Moharram has worked for numerous international aid organisations, but since 2015 has worked independently, delivering medicine and food in her car, serving as a mobile clinic.[2][5] She has also organized the distribution of food and milk to children in need.[6]
Moharram has spoken to news media about the need for humanitarian aid in Yemen.[6][7]
Awards and recognition
[edit]In 2016, after working as a doctor for twenty years, she was named one of the BBC 100 Women for her achievements.[1]
In 2021, she was a finalist for the 2021 Aurora Humanitarian prize.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "BBC 100 Women 2016: Who is on the list?". BBC News. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ a b "One woman's lonely struggle against famine in Yemen". BBC News. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ a b Trew, Bel (12 November 2016). "Angel of the desert cares for Yemen's starving children". The Times. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Ashwaq Moharram: 2021 Aurora Humanitarian". auroraprize.com. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "Ashwaq Muharram, il medico donna che salva (da sola) lo Yemen" (in Italian). Corriere Della Sera. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ a b "'We are on life support': Doctor makes desperate plea from Yemeni city of Hodeidah as humanitarian crisis worsens". The Independent. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "Residents in besieged Yemeni city forced to eat rubbish". The Independent. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
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