What is Hawa Abdi?
{{Infobox person | name = Hawa Abdi | image = Dr Hawa Abdi by Eunice Lau in her fim Through the Fire.png | caption = Hawa Abdi in 2012 | native_name = حواء عبدي | native_name_lang = ar | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1947|05|17|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Mogadishu]], Italian Somaliland | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|08|05|1947|05|17|df=y}} | death_place = [[Mogadishu]], [[Somalia]] | nationality = Somali | ethnicity = | alma_mater = Somali National University | occupation = [[Physician]], [[obstetrician]], [[Activism|activist]] | title = | children = | nocat_wdimage = yes | website = {{URL|www.dhaf.org}} }} '''Hawa Abdi Dhiblawe'''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Abdi |first1=H. |last2=Jacobsen |first2=S.D. |title=Dr. Hawa Abdi, M.D.: Physician & Human Rights Activist, Hawa Abdi Foundation |date=17 August 2013 |journal=In-Sight |issue=3.A |pages=21–29 |url=http://in-sightjournal.com/2013/08/17/dr-hawa-abdi-m-d-physician-human-rights-activist-hawa-abdi-foundation/}}</ref> (May 17, 1947 – August 5, 2020) was a Somali human rights activist and medical doctor. She was the founder and chairperson of the Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation (DHAF), a non-profit organization. Abdi was born in [[Mogadishu]], Somalia. In 2009, she was nominated for the [[Nobel Peace Prize]].<ref>[http://www.vitalvoices.org/node/2461 Dr. Hawa Abdi nominated for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014164442/http://www.vitalvoices.org/node/2461 |date=2012-10-14 }}</ref> Abdi died on August 5, 2020, at her home in Mogadishu at the age of 73.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/obituaries/hawa-abdi-dead.html Hawa Abdi, Doctor Who Aided Thousands in Somalia, Dies at 73]</ref> ==Career== ===Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation=== The Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation (DHAF) was run by Abdi and her two physician daughters, CEO Deqo Adan (also known as Deqo Mohamed