Madeeha Hasan Odhaib (born Madhiha Hassan al-Mosuwi) is an
aid worker for the
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...
i government who some people have begun calling as the "
Mother Teresa
Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, MC (; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa ( sq, Nënë Tereza), was an Indian-Albanian Catholic nun who, in 1950, founded the Missionaries of Charity. Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu () was ...
of Baghdad." In 2008, she was selected by
Time magazine
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as one of the most influential people in the world.
2008 Time 100
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References
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External links
"Mother Teresa of Baghdad." (Video)
Living people
People from Baghdad
Iraqi Shia Muslims
Madhiha Hassan
Year of birth missing (living people)
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