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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hawa Abdi has received more than 124,401 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Hawa Abdi is the 588th most popular social activist (down from 579th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Somalia (up from 36th in 2019) and the most popular Somali Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Hawa Abdi ranks 588 out of 840Before her are Sylvia Rivera, Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, Selena Rocky Malone, Asma Jahangir, Alva Belmont, and Berta Cáceres. After her are Katie Eder, Andrea James, Miriam Rodríguez Martínez, Ekaterina Karavelova, Aed Carabao, and Mosab Hassan Yousef.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Hawa Abdi ranks 707Before her are Emiliano Mondonico, Jim Marurai, Stuart Baird, Keri Hulme, Kerry Melville, and Juan Sol. After her are Anne Fine, Guy François, Ada Kok, Olga Pall, Klaus Reichert, and Helena Takalo. Among people deceased in 2020, Hawa Abdi ranks 618Before her are Richard K. Guy, Detto Mariano, Aileen Baviera, Bruno Martini, Jimmy Heath, and Juan Sol. After her are Maria Janion, Jorge Llopart, Pavol Biroš, Mohamed Ben Rehaiem, Finn Christian Jagge, and Wojciech Zabłocki.

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In Somalia

Among people born in Somalia, Hawa Abdi ranks 25 out of 58Before her are Hassan Ali Khayre (1968), Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (1928), Abdi Farah Shirdon (1958), Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (1964), Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur (1931), and Mo Farah (1983). After her are Sheikh Mukhtar Mohamed Hussein (1912), Dahir Riyale Kahin (1952), Hussein Farrah Aidid (1962), Mohamed Hussein Roble (1963), Omar Sharmarke (1960), and Hamza Abdi Barre (1972).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Somalia

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