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Ashwaq Moharram

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Ashwaq Moharram (Arabic: أشواق محرم; born 1974 or 1975 (age 49–50)) is a Yemeni physician and activist, noted for her work dealing with starvation in the Yemeni city of Al Hudaydah.

Life

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.

Moharram trained as a gynecologist. She has done humanitarian work in Yemen since the early 2000s.

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. She has also organized the distribution of food and milk to children in need.

Moharram has spoken to news media about the need for humanitarian aid in Yemen.

Awards and recognition

In 2016, after working as a doctor for twenty years, she was named one of the BBC 100 Women for her achievements.

In 2021, she was a finalist for the 2021 Aurora Humanitarian prize.

References

  1. ^ "BBC 100 Women 2016: Who is on the list?". BBC News. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  2. ^ "One woman's lonely struggle against famine in Yemen". BBC News. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  3. ^ Trew, Bel (12 November 2016). "Angel of the desert cares for Yemen's starving children". The Times. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Ashwaq Moharram: 2021 Aurora Humanitarian". auroraprize.com. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  5. "Ashwaq Muharram, il medico donna che salva (da sola) lo Yemen" (in Italian). Corriere Della Sera. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  6. ^ "'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.
  7. "Residents in besieged Yemeni city forced to eat rubbish". The Independent. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2024.


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