Tawakkol Karman

Tawakkol Karman, a journalist and civil rights activist and Nobel laureate. The first Arab woman to win the Nobel prize, she was recognized for her work in building a non -violent culture in the Middle East and was once called "The Mother of the Revolution." As a journalist and activist in Yemen working under severe restrictions, she organized events and wrote about issues related to governance and injustice, corruption, extremism, terrorism, women’s rights , girls ’rights, early marriage, malnutrition, illiteracy, poverty and religious reforms. In 2005, Karman co -founded Women Journalists Without Chains, to promote freedom of expression and pandemocratic rights. During the Arab Spring, despite attempts on his life, Karman led peaceful protests in Yemen’s Capital Sana’a, which ended with the resignation of former President Ali Salehi. In recognition of her nonviolent struggle for democracy and advocacy for women’s rights in Yemen, Karman was awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. She was listed in Foreign Policy Magazine’s Top 100 Global Thinkers and one of CNN’s most powerful women in the Arab world. TIME Magazine described her as a ‘Torchbearer of the Arab Spring’ and named her as one of the 100 most influential women to give meaning to the past century and one of the Most Rebellious Women in History.