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The Life and Times of "Mother of Yemen's Revolution'

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On Jan. 23, 2011, Al Arabiya ran a story about the arrest of Yemeni activist, Tawakul Karman, who was calling on Yemenis to show their support of the Tunisian revolution and demand a regime change in their country. Nothing has changed in Yemen since Karman's arrest [and subsequent release] except that on Friday, the young woman was propelled to worldwide fame after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, along with two other women 'Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and her compatriot Leymah Gbowee, who mobilized fellow women against their country's civil war.

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