Ashwaq Moharram
Ashwaq Moharram (Arabic: أشواق محرّم ) is a doctor from Yemen.[1] BBC named her on their list of 100 most inspirational and influential Women for 2016.[2]
Life[change | change source]
Ashwaq Moharram was born in Yemen. She received a bachelor’s degree in medicine and general surgery from Sana’a University in 1998. In 2004, she received a diploma in reproductive health from Liverpool University in Britain. In 2013, she received a master’s degree from the National University of Malaysia.[3]
After the war started, Ashwaq's husband became sick. He had a heart infection. He needed medicine, but there was no medicine in the hospital. He went to Jordan with their two children.[1]
Work[change | change source]
In 2000 Ashwaq went to work at the General Hospital in Hodeidah. In 2001 she became the head of the department of obstetrics and gynecology. In 2007 she became a lecturer at the Faculty of Health Sciences at Hodeidah University. [3] She is now the Deputy Director General of the Public Health and Population Office of the Directorate of Hodeidah.[4][5]
Before the war, Ashwaq worked with international organizations to fight hunger. In March 2016, after the war started, the organizations left Yemen.[6] After the international organizations left, she gave food to people at her own expense, using her mobile clinic.[7]
In July 2016, three youths sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl in the Zahra neighborhood. Ashwaq examined the child and the police arrested the three youths.[8] In October 2016, Ashwaq was arrested by Houthis while giving people food. The local people stood in front of them and forced them to free Ashwaq.[9]
Awards[change | change source]
- BBC named her one of their 100 Women of 2016.[10]
- She was in a special BBC television program about starvation in Yemen.[11]
- She was honored by the Arab Foundation for the Future and the League of Arab peoples in Egypt.[3]
- She was nominated for a Nobel prize. [12]
Other websites[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 al-Maghafi, Nawal (22 September 2016). "One woman's lonely struggle against famine in Yemen" – via www.bbc.com.
- ↑ "BBC 100 Women 2016: Who is on the list?". 21 November 2016 – via www.bbc.com.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 الغد, عدن. "درع الإنجاز للدكتورة اليمنية اشواق محرم من قبل جامعة الشعوب العربية ومؤسسة المستقبل بجمهورية مصر العربية". Archived from the original on 2022-08-14. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
- ↑ "الحوثيون يحاولون إعتقال الدكتورة اشواق محرم في منطقة التحيتا في الحديدة وأبناء المنطقة يتصدون لهمفيديو". 27 October 2016.
- ↑ "اختيار الدكتورة "أشواق محرم" كافضل 100 إمرأة في العالم لعام 2016 - بوابة اليمن الإخبارية".[permanent dead link]
- ↑ info@al-binaa.com. "حاربت المجاعة منفردة.. الطبيبة أشواق محرم .. كم يمنية مثلها؟!".
- ↑ ""أشواق محرم"...طبيبة السلام التي تواجه مجاعة اليمن بمفردها".[permanent dead link]
- ↑ almaghribtoday. "الدكتورة اشواق محرم توضّح تفاصيل اغتصاب طفلة في محافظة الحديدة".
- ↑ "الحوثيون يحاولون إعتقال الدكتورة اشواق محرم في منطقة التحيتا في الحديدة وأبناء المنطقة يتصدون لهمفيديو". 27 October 2016.
- ↑ "BBC تروي قصص 100 امرأة... بينهنّ 13 عربية إحداهن يمنية".
- ↑ Arabic, B. B. C. "السيدة التي تحارب المجاعة منفردة في اليمن".
- ↑ "صديقة الفقراء والمساكين .. الدكتورة أشواق محرم مرشحة لجائزة نوبل هذا العام - الشرعية نت". Archived from the original on 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2016-12-23.