I don't recognize my people anymore. I feel Somalia is lost. There is no Somalia. It is just a name.
WISDOM · VERIFIED · EN
Hawa Abdi Quote
“When I decided to become a doctor, I was very, very young, when my mother, her seventh child, became pregnant, and she was feeling terrible pain, and I could not know how to help her. And my mother died in front of my eyes, without knowing why, which diagnosis. So I decided to be a doctor.”
0
Source: Quotables — alvations/Quotables (CC0 1.0 dataset)
Attribution status: verified · Publication status: cleared
Explore more quotes attributed to Hawa Abdi or browse wisdom quotes.
If you believe this quote is incorrectly attributed or should be removed, see Copyright and quote corrections.
Related verified quotes
We women in Somalia are trying to be leaders in our community.
Women can build stability. We can make peace.
The long-term solution in preventing another famine in Somalia is to promote self-reliance.
At night I dream about going to where I played when I was still young.
I have big hope for the Canadian government to help Somalia with something concrete and tangible. I haven't seen that.