Tawakel Karman

Tawakel KarmanTawakel Karman  Tawak[k]ul Karmān (born 7 February 1979) came to international attention as a leader in the 2011 Yemeni uprising, which was part of the Arab Spring. Yemenis have called her "Iron Woman" and "Mother of the Revolution."

She won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize with two other women. She is the first Yemeni and the first Arab  woman to win the prize. She is the second Muslim woman to win any Nobel Prize and the youngest to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Journalist, politician, and rights worker
Karman is a journalist, politician and senior member of Al-Islah, a political party. She is also works to improve human rights. She is one of the people who started the group "Women Journalists Without Chains". She became well known in Yemen after 2005. As a journalist, she helped a mobile phone news service after the government did not give them a license. She led protests for press freedom and organized weekly protests for reform. 

She helped lead the Yemeni protests to support the Arab Spring after the people in Tunisia overthrew the government of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011. She opposed Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and thought that he should leave office.

Personal
Karman earned a college degree in commerce from the University of Science and Technology, Sana'a. She also completed a graduate degree in political science from the  University of Sana'a. She is married to Mohammed al-NahmiTom Finn. "Middle East/Yemen: Undaunted by death threats: the thorn in Saleh's side." The Guardian, 26 March 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011 from the Lexis Nexis Database.

Spelling her name in English
Tawakel is sometimes spelled differently in Englishsuch as Tawakul, Tawakkol, Tawakkul and Tawakel Abdel-Salam KarmanEvening Times (Glasgow). Arrest Sparks Protest. 24 January 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011 from the Lexis-Nexis Database.Emad Mekay. Arab Women Lead the Charge. Inter Press Service (Johannesburg), 11 February 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011 from the Lexis-Nexis Database.

Some of her writing in English
Karman, Tawakkol. "Our revolution's doing what Saleh can't - uniting Yemen." The Guardian, 9 April 2011.

Karman, Tawakkol. "Yemen’s unfinished revolution." New York Times, 18 June 2011.

Karman, Tawakkol. "The world must not forsake Yemen's struggle for freedom." The Guardian, 1 November 2011. (Includes a link to the Arabic version.)

Karman, Tawakkol. "Tawakkol Karman - Nobel Lecture." Nobelprize.org. 10 Dec 2011. (Includes links to the English, Norwegian, and Arabic versions.)

Related pages 
 List of Nobel Prize winners by country
 Leymah Gbowee 
 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

References

 Other websites 
 Renowned activist and press freedom advocate Tawakul Karman , interviewed by Nadia Al-Sakkaf, Yemen Times, 17 June 2010
 Tawakel Karman interview with Al Jazeera
 Press Conference of 2011 Nobel Laureate, Tawakkul Karman Women's eNews.
 Tawakkol Karman's Official Facebook
 Tawakkol Karman's official Twitter
 Tawakkol Karman's Official website

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