Dr Hawa Abdi & Her Daughters: The Saints of Somalia
CBS News Story of an award given to Dr. Hawa Abdi and her daughters.
Background information from the New York Times:
On May 5, just after sun up, 750 militants surrounded Dr. Hawa Abdi’s hospital. Mama Hawa, as she is known, heard gunshots, looked out the window and saw she was vastly outnumbered.
“Why are you running this hospital?” the gunmen demanded. “You are old. And you are a woman!”...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/08/world/africa/08somalia.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha22
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