Saints of Somalia: Hawa Abdi, a doctor and a lawyer lives and works in Somalia with her two daughters, Amina Mohamed and Deqo Mohamed, who are also doctors. In 2010, Glamour named Hawa Abdi and her daughters “Women of the Year,” and called them the “Saints of Somalia.” Nicholas Kristoff of the New York Times wrote an amazing tribute to her work titled “Heroic, Female and Muslim.” To learn more about Dr. Hawa Abdi and her amazing work, please listen to her TED tribute here and also visit the Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation by clicking the photo.

Saints of Somalia: Hawa Abdi, a doctor and a lawyer lives and works in Somalia with her two daughters, Amina Mohamed and Deqo Mohamed, who are also doctors. In 2010, Glamour named Hawa Abdi and her daughters “Women of the Year,” and called them the “Saints of Somalia.” Nicholas Kristoff of the New York Times wrote an amazing tribute to her work titled “Heroic, Female and Muslim.” To learn more about Dr. Hawa Abdi and her amazing work, please listen to her TED tribute here and also visit the Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation by clicking the photo.