Ashwaq Moharram
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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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