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Tawakkol Karman

1979 - Today

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Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Khalid Karman (Arabic: توكل عبد السلام خالد كرمان, romanized: Tawakkul 'Abd us-Salām Khālid Karmān; Turkish: Tevekkül Karman; born 7 February 1979) is a Yemeni journalist, politician, and human rights activist. She co-founded and leads 'Women Journalists Without Chains', a group established in 2005 to advocate for press freedom and human rights. She became the international public face of the 2011 Yemeni uprising that was part of the Arab Spring movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tawakkol Karman has received more than 569,817 page views. Her biography is available in 81 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). Tawakkol Karman is the 255th most popular social activist (up from 309th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Yemen (down from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Yemeni Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 570k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 81

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 14.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Tawakkol Karman ranks 255 out of 840. Before her are Ryszard Siwiec, Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Li Hongzhi, Alexander Antonov, Itagaki Taisuke, and Nancy Wake. After her are Harro Schulze-Boysen, Ignacy Hryniewiecki, Muhamed Mehmedbašić, Christa Schroeder, Fra Diavolo, and William I, Margrave of Meissen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Tawakkol Karman ranks 18. Before her are Diego Milito, Jason Momoa, Michael Owen, Miklós Fehér, Rosamund Pike, and Júlio César. After her are Evangeline Lilly, Zhang Ziyi, James McAvoy, Eric Abidal, Adrian Mutu, and Jennifer Love Hewitt.

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In Yemen

Among people born in Yemen, Tawakkol Karman ranks 14 out of 35. Before her are Miqdad ibn Aswad (589), Rashad al-Alimi (1954), Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din (1869), Mukesh Ambani (1957), Muhammad al-Badr (1926), and Wahb ibn Munabbih (655). After her are Ahmad bin Yahya (1891), Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani (893), Shoshana Damari (1923), Hussein al-Houthi (1960), Ali Nasir Muhammad (1940), and Mohammed Basindawa (1935).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Yemen

Among social activists born in Yemen, Tawakkol Karman ranks 1. 

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