The Republic of Yemen is one of the poorest countries in Arab world. Recently, Yemeni politic was rule by plain dictatorship for a long term. The economy is poor and corruptions were rampant in Yemen. Hence the Yemeni people made a decision to stand up to establish a democratic government. The Yemen uprising was up on January 2011 in Sana'a University which is in Yemen's capital. The leader of the protests was Tawakel Karman from Yemen. This essay will explain who Tawakel Karman is and why her accomplishments were recognized to the Nobel Peace Prize committee.
Tawakel Karman is one of the greatest political activists in the world. She was born in 1979 in the port town of Taiz, which face with the Red Sea. She has been active in searching for freedom of expression and women rights in the Arab words. At the same time, she is a journalist and a member of the Al-Islah, which is the largest opposition party in Yemen. Tawakel and the protesters shouted ‘Day for rage’ among the troops and armed government officers at the seaport of Aden in northern Yemen. She is one of the three persons who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 and became the first woman from Arabia to be awarded the prize. She has continued to regularly partake in protest activities to insist on freedom of expression and women rights over the past five years. The Nobel Peace Prize Committee in Norway admired her achievements of "seeking full attribution to the society, claiming the safety and rights of women without violence". In the social background of the affair, there was huge discontent towards the long term dictator government in the Arab worlds. Thus, she decided to lead not only the victims of ‘The Arab Spring’ but also all the people who deserve better human rights. Thus, Tawakel Karman’s achievements have brought great changes not just in Yemen but in many other Arabian countries too.
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