Ashwaq Moharram (ar|أشواق محرم; born)[1] is a Yemeni physician and activist, noted for her work dealing with starvation in the Yemeni city of Al Hudaydah.
Moharram is married with 2 children. By late 2016, she lived alone in the Houthi-controlled city of Al Hudaydah, as she gave her husband the funds to take their children to Jordan.[2]
Moharram trained as a gynecologist.[3] She has done humanitarian work in Yemen since the early 2000s.
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.[4] [5] She has also organized the distribution of food and milk to children in need.[6]
Moharram has spoken to news media about the need for humanitarian aid in Yemen.[7]
In 2016, after working as a doctor for twenty years, she was named one of the BBC 100 Women for her achievements.
In 2021, she was a finalist for the 2021 Aurora Humanitarian prize.