Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters

Yemeni Tawakul Karman smiles as she talks on a mobile phone after it was announced that she won the Nobel Peace Prize, in Tagheer Square in Sanaa October 7, 2011. Karman said the award was a victory for Yemen's democracy activists and they would not give up until they had won full rights in a "democratic, modern Yemen".

The first Arab woman to win the Nobel Peace prize

By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

"We cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace in the world unless women obtain the same opportunities as men to influence developments at all levels of society," committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland told reporters. Read the full story about the three women who share this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

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Comment author avatarisladarlyre

oh I apollogize for my comment earlier

I wasnt aware you only knew one phrase

    Reply#1 - Fri Oct 7, 2011 9:53 PM EDT
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