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Tawakkol Karman

At the Doha Forum, Considering the Arab World's Long-Term Needs

Philip Seib | Posted 05.24.2013 | World
Read More: Gordon Brown, Rafik Abdesallam, Mona Yacoubian, Middle East, Robin Wright, Doha Forum, Tawakkol Karman, Public Diplomacy, World News
Philip Seib

At this year's Doha Forum - an annual gathering of policy makers, academics, and other experts in Arab affairs - although conflict, particularly in Syria, was never far from anyone's mind, discussions centered on economic development and nation rebuilding.

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Eleven Words

Melanne Verveer | Posted 02.09.2013 | World
Read More: Women's Rights, Human Rights, Tawakkol Karman, Hillary Clinton, International Women's Rights, Human Rights Day 2012, International Human Rights, Women Education, Domestic Violence, Girls Education, World News
Melanne Verveer

As we commemorate International Human Rights Day today, I can't help but recall the moment 17 years ago when then-First Lady Hillary Clinton proclaimed, "Women's rights are human rights and human rights are women's rights."

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Nobel Laureate Slams U.S. Drone Strikes

Reuters | Posted 07.30.2012 | World
Read More: Video, Yemen, US Drones, Saudi Arabia, Reuters, Yemen US Drones, Tawakkol Karman, Yemen Terrorism, Yemen Al Qaeda, Yemen Drones, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi President, Al Qaeda, President Ali Abdullah Saleh, World News

DOHA, May 30 (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize-winning Yemeni opposition activist Tawakul Karman said on Wednesday U.S. drone strikes were ineffective ...

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The Secrets of Powerful Women

Monika Mitchell | Posted 07.01.2012 | Women
Read More: Paley Center for Media, Christy Whitman, ?€œTaming Your Alpha Bitch?, Leymah Gbowee, Feminine Power, Rebecca Grado, Femininity, Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Peace Prize, Women of the World Summit, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Women & Power, Pat Mitchell, Female Leadership, Hillary Clinton, Arianna Huffington, Omega Institute, Images of Women, ?€œAlpha Bitch?, Women News
Monika Mitchell

Do you see yourself as forceful, controlling and competitive? Or powerful, capable and driven? Words matter, beliefs matter. Take care what you say; it shapes the way you think.

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Iron Ladies of Peace

Andrée Simon | Posted 02.23.2012 | Impact
Read More: Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Peace Prize, Impact News, Leymah Gbowee, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Impact News
Andrée Simon

History was made in Oslo on Saturday, when the eyes of the world watched as three great women received the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. These women -- Pres...

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Whether It's Congressional Meddling or D.C. Council Ethics Scandals, Corruption Impedes Home Rule

David Grosso | Posted 02.28.2012 | DC
Read More: Needle Exchange Program, Home Rule, Abortion Rights, Dc Abortion Funding, DC Voting Rights, Harry Thomas Jr., Tawakkol Karman, Dc Corruption, DC News
David Grosso

Congressional meddling with local D.C. laws must end because it's just another form of corruption. Yet, as long as D.C.'s elected officials continue to embarrass the city with ethics scandals, we'll have trouble convincing the country.

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Women in Power: The Iron Lady and The Lady

Regina Weinreich | Posted 02.14.2012 | Home
Read More: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Ang Lee, Aung San Suu Kyi, Leymah Gbowee, Michelle Yeoh, Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady, Tawakkol Karman, Jim Broadbent, Luc Besson, Alexandra Roach, Leonardo Dicaprio, David Thewlis, The Lady. Margaret Thatcher, Thethatcheryears, The Thatcher Years, The-Thatcher-Years, Home News
Regina Weinreich

Just as this year's Nobel Peace Prize winners -- three women -- were announced, this film season features two films that focus on women rulers: one, Margaret Thatcher, a hawk; the other, Aung San Suu Kyi, a dove who is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

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Nobel Laureate Shares What The Peace Prize Meant to Her

The New York Times | Posted 12.13.2011 | Women
Read More: Nobel Peace Prize 2011, Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Peace Prize, Leymah Gbowee, Alfred Nobel, Women Nobel Prize Winners, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Women News

On Saturday I was in Oslo with two of my sisters from Africa, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman, to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of - ...

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'We Are The Embedded Journalists Of The Occupy Movement'

Laura Paull | Posted 02.10.2012 | Politics
Read More: Off the Bus, Citizen Journalism, Occupy Wall Street, Activism, Home Foreclosures, Off the Bus2012, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, Tawakkol Karman, offthebus2012, Offthebus, Politics News
Laura Paull

I have been searching for a way to shed some light on why some Americans I have recently come to know are likewise finding their way to journalism as an act of conscience. These are people who have come to The Huffington Post as voluntary citizen journalists, to help illuminate what is going on in America today. Given the economic maesltrom we may or may not survive, growing public unrest and the deeply worrisome erosion of our basic civil rights, you could say that, like Tawakkol Karman, they are committing acts of civic journalism by documenting these events.

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Three Women Receive Nobel Peace Prize For Championing Women's Rights

AP | BJOERN H. AMLAND and LOUISE NORDSTROM | Posted 02.09.2012 | World
Read More: Women's Rights, Video, Arab Spring, Leymah Gbowee, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Peace Prize, Women's Oppression, World News

OSLO, Norway — Three women who fought injustice, dictatorship and sexual violence in Liberia and Yemen accepted the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize on Sa...

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Daisy Khan, the "Ground Zero Mosque" -- And 700 Million Muslim Women

Jesse Larner | Posted 06.06.2011 | Politics
Read More: Islam, Ground Zero Mosque, Yemen, Pamela Geller, Sufism, Tunisia, Women's Islamic Spiritual Equality, Tawakkol Karman, Democracy, Mozn Hassan, Women in the Muslim World, Nawal El-Saadawi, American Society for Muslim Advancement, Feisal Abdel Rauf, Egypt, Daisy Khan, More Magazine, Sean Hannity, Islamic Community Center, Newt Gingrich, Politics News
Jesse Larner

Khan is a warm, thoughtful, and charismatic person, who very clearly explained her commitment both to democracy and open society.

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The Inner Virgin Comes Out In Revolution

Susan J. Cobb | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Egypt, Vaclev Havel, Tawakkol Karman, Rebozo, Hajib, Virgin of Guadalupe, Mideast, Middle East Protests, Yemen Protests, Religion News
Susan J. Cobb

The original meaning of the Greek word translated "virgin," had nothing to do with a physiological condition.

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