Tawakel Karman date of birth:
February 7, 1979
How old is Tawakel Karman?
45
Where was Tawakel Karman born?
Taiz Yemen
What is Tawakel Karman nationality?
Yemeni
What is Tawakel Karman's occupation?
Journalist, politician. human rights activist
Short Biography
Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Karman (Arabic: توكل عبد السلام خالد كرمان Tawakkul ‘Abd us-Salām Karmān; also Romanized Tawakul, Tawakel) (born 7 February 1979) is a Yemeni journalist, politician and senior member of the of Al-Islah political party (the Islamist and Yemeni offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood), and human rights activist. She leads the group "Women Journalists Without Chains, " which she co-founded in 2005. She became the international public face of the 2011 Yemeni uprising that is part of the Arab Spring uprisings. She has been called the "Iron Woman" and "Mother of the Revolution" by Yemenis. She is a co-recipient of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first Yemeni, the first Arab woman, and the second Muslim woman to win a Nobel Prize and the second youngest Nobel Peace Laureate to date.