Nevzdávat se naděje – Abdi Hawa (2014)

The book is a gripping autobiography of Somali gynecologist Hawa Abdi, who is engaged in the human rights movement and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. At the same time, it is an authentic portrayal of the sad fate and tragic state of contemporary Somali society. Dr. Hawa Abdi, along with her daughters, runs a hospital and a school in the largest camp for displaced Somali citizens in the country, which has existed for over twenty years and has provided refuge to an incredible 90,000 people. In 2010, Glamour magazine named Hawa Abdi and her daughters Deqo and Amina Mohamed (who are also doctors) as "Women of the Year," calling the trio "Somali saints" and referring to Hawa Abdi as "Mother Teresa crossed with Rambo." In 2011, the American weekly Newsweek included Dr. Abdi among "150 Women Who Shook the World." In her Somali hospital, she, together with her daughters, managed to save tens of thousands of lives. Hawa Abdi was born in Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1947, completed her secondary education there, and graduated from medical school in Kyiv. In 1979, she added a law degree to her medical title after evening studies. In 1983, she opened a small private clinic with one room on her own rural property,…