Seen Quotes by Hawa Abdi

The long-term solution in preventing another famine in Somalia is to promote self-reliance.

— Hawa Abdi

Women can build stability. We can make peace.

— Hawa Abdi

At night I dream about going to where I played when I was still young.

— Hawa Abdi

When I decided to become a doctor, I was very, very young, when my mother, her seventh child, became pregnant, and she was feeling…

— Hawa Abdi

I don't recognize my people anymore. I feel Somalia is lost. There is no Somalia. It is just a name.

— Hawa Abdi

We women in Somalia are trying to be leaders in our community.

— Hawa Abdi

I have big hope for the Canadian government to help Somalia with something concrete and tangible. I haven't seen that.

— Hawa Abdi