Yemen Activist
Tawakkol Karman
توكل كرمانYemeni journalist, politician, and human-rights activist. Co-recipient of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for her role in the Yemeni uprising. Senior member of the Islah party; has lived in Istanbul in recent years.
- Country
- Yemen
- Role
- Activist
Inherited position
Until Tawakkol Karman is scored from their own documents, this page shows their party's compass position. Where individuals visibly diverge from the party line, the gap is noted in the description above; quantifying it is what per-individual document scoring will add.
On the record
Quotes attributed to Tawakkol Karman that have passed verification. Each carries a year, the context of the statement, and at least one source citation. Browse the full corpus or play the "Who said it?" game.
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No solution to the Yemeni crisis is acceptable, regardless of its conditions, if it does not provide for the prosecution of Ali Abdullah Saleh and his aides.
لا يُقبَل أيّ حلّ للأزمة اليمنيّة، مهما كانت شروطه، ما لم يضمن محاكمة عليّ عبدالله صالح ومعاونيه.
Source documents
Texts tied to this politician — speeches, interviews, op-eds. The scoring pipeline reads these when scoring positions against documents. All documents →
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Speech Arabic 2011-12-10 Tawakkol Karman Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, Oslo, 10 Dec 2011 (English translation of Arabic original)
In the name of God the Compassionate the Merciful! Your Majesties, Highnesses, Excellencies, Distinguished Committee of the Nobel Peace Prize, Arab spring and revolution youth in the arena of freedom and change, and…
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Speech Arabic 2011-12-10 Tawakkol Karman — Nobel Peace Prize lecture (2011)
I have always believed that resistance against repression and violence is possible without relying on similar repression and violence. I have always believed that human civilization is the fruit of the effort of both…
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Speech Arabic 2011-12-10 Tawakkol Karman — Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, Oslo, 10 December 2011 (English translation of Arabic original)
I have always believed that resistance against repression and violence is possible without relying on similar repression and violence. [… …] The solution to women's issues can only be achieved in a free and democratic…
How to cite
Each record carries a retrieval date because the dataset is live — individual entries update as verification deepens. Use the per-record citation when referencing this specific profile; use the dataset citation below when referencing the project as a whole.
In-text: (Gara, 2026)
Per-record citation
APA 7Reference list · academic default
Gara, T. (2026). Tawakkol Karman [Politician profile]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/tawakkol-karman
Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals
Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Tawakkol Karman." Politician profile, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/tawakkol-karman.
BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers
@misc{tayyar-tawakkol-karman,
title = {{Tawakkol Karman}},
author = {Gara, Tarek},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
type = {Politician profile},
url = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/tawakkol-karman},
urldate = {2026-06-21},
note = {First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
} Dataset / working-paper citation
If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.
APA 7Preprint
Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper
BibTeXPreprint
@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
title = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
author = {Gara, Tarek},
year = {2026},
type = {Preprint},
url = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
urldate = {2026-06-21},
note = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
} First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.