I came from Yemen, the country of civilization, the Yemen that was led by two women, and it was one of the greatest countries in the world. We were led by a dictatorship regime, a corrupted regime. This regime was founded in killing others... My country has a lot of poverty, from a lot of diseases, from ignorance. And these are some of the reasons that led us to lead this revolution.


Excerpts from an interview on Democracy Now!, 2011

Tawakkol Karman Quotes

I came from Yemen, the country of civilization, the Yemen that was led by two women, and it was one of the greatest countries in the world. We were...

I came from Yemen, the country of civilization, the Yemen that was led by two women, and it was one of the greatest countries in the world. We were...

I came from Yemen, the country of civilization, the Yemen that was led by two women, and it was one of the greatest countries in the world. We were...

I came from Yemen, the country of civilization, the Yemen that was led by two women, and it was one of the greatest countries in the world. We were...