Tawakul Karman Peace Prize Winner Muslim Woman from Yemen Picture

Tawakul Karman – Nobel Prize Winner From Yemen

Tawakul Karman looks like an average Yemeni woman: petite, unimposing, wrapped in a black abiya, with her husband standing nearby. But Karman has an easy relaxed presence about her; she’s quick-witted and jokes about her broken English and then teases her husband about his. And she’s far from average.

On Saturday, Karma will officially receive the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, along with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leyman Gbowee, both from Liberia. The three will be honored for “their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work.”

At 32, Karman is the youngest person ever to win the peace prize.

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