Tawakkol Karman | |
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توكل كرمان | |
 Karman in 2012 | |
| Born | 7 February 1979 |
| Nationality | Yemeni |
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| Alma mater | University of Massachusetts Lowell[3] Sanaa University |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist Politician Human rights activist |
| Movement | Jasmine Revolution |
| Spouse | Mohammed Al-Nehmi |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Abdulsalam Khaled Karman (Father) Anisah Hussein Abdullah Al Aswadi (Mother) |
| Relatives | Eshraq Karman (sister) Entesar Karman (sister) Mohameed Karman (brother) Khaled Karman (brother) Hakimah Karman (sister) Tariq Karman (brother) Khadejah Karman (sister) Huda Karman (sister) Safa Karman (sister) |
| Awards | Nobel Peace Prize (2011) |
| Website | Tawakkol Karman's personal website Tawakkol Karman Foundation |
Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Khalid Karman (Arabic: توكل عبد السلام خالد كرمان, romanized: Tawakkul 'Abd us-Salām Khālid Karmān; also romanized Tawakul,[4] Tawakel;[5][6][7] born 7 February 1979[7]) is a Yemeni journalist, politician, and human rights activist. She leads the group "Women Journalists Without Chains," which she co-founded in 2005.[4] She became the international public face of the 2011 Yemeni uprising that was part of the Arab Spring uprisings. In 2011, she was reportedly called the "Iron Woman" and "Mother of the Revolution" by some Yemenis.[8][9] She is a co-recipient of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize,[10] becoming the first Yemeni, the first Arab woman,[11] and the second Muslim woman to win a Nobel Prize.
Karman gained prominence in her country after 2005 in her roles as a Yemeni journalist and an advocate for a mobile phone news service denied a license in 2007, after which she led protests for press freedom. She organized weekly protests after May 2007 expanding the issues for reform.[4][12] She redirected the Yemeni protests to support the "Jasmine Revolution," as she calls the Arab Spring, after the Tunisian people overthrew the government of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011. She was a vocal opponent who called for the end of President Ali Abdullah Saleh's regime.[13]
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- ^ "Barış Nobeli sahibi Yemenli, TC vatandaşı oldu". Posta. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- ^ "Tawakkol Karman". University of Massachusetts Lowell. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ a b c Al-Sakkaf, Nadia (17 June 2010). "Renowned activist and press freedom advocate Tawakul Karman to the Yemen Times: "A day will come when all human rights violators pay for what they did to Yemen"". Women Journalists Without Chains. Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
- ^ Evening 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.
- ^ a b "Yemen laureate figure of hope and controversy". Oman Observer. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ Macdonald, Alastair (7 October 2011). "Nobel honours African, Arab women for peace". Reuters. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ^ Al-Haj, Ahmed; Sarah El-Deeb (7 October 2011). "Nobel peace winner Tawakkul Karman dubbed 'the mother of Yemen's revolution'". Sun Sentinel. Associated Press. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- ^ "Nobel Peace Prize awarded jointly to three women". BBC. 7 October 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ^ "Profile: Nobel peace laureate Tawakul Karman". BBC. 7 October 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ^ "Renowned activist and press freedom advocate Tawakul Karman to the Yemen Times:"A day will come when all human rights violators pay for what they did to Yemen."". Yemen Times. 3 November 2011. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
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