“To begin, I am a citizen of the world. The Earth is my country, and humanity is my nation. This is my motto: What everyone has longed for and will be achieved when all of the people shall also celebrate this prize that every Yemeni, and every Arab, and every human being and every woman has also won beside me.”

—  Tawakkol Karman

2010s, Nobel Prize winner highlights women’s role in Arab Spring (2011)

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