Ashwaq Moharram (Arabic: أشواق محرم; 1974 or 1975 (age 48–49))[1] is a Yemeni physician and activist, noted for her work dealing with starvation in the Yemeni city of Hudaydah.

Life

Moharram is married with 2 children. In 2016 after working as a doctor for twenty years she was named one of the BBC 100 Women for her achievements.[1] She was then living alone in Humaydah as her husband had taken their children to Jordan.[2] Moharram has said of her work: "I'm seeing the same thing I used to watch on TV when the famine unfolded in Somalia. I never thought I would see this in Yemen." Moharram has worked for numerous international aid organisations, but since 2015 has worked independently, delivering medicine and food in her car, serving as a mobile clinic.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 "BBC 100 Women 2016: Who is on the list?". BBC News. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 "One woman's lonely struggle against famine in Yemen". BBC News. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Ashwaq Muharram, il medico donna che salva (da sola) lo Yemen" (in Italian). Corriere Della Sera. Retrieved 8 December 2016.


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