Summary Of Tawakkol Karman's Noble Lecture

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Reading Tawakkol Karman’s Noble Lecture, Karman starts by citing the Torah, the Bible, and the Koran because even though they’re three different religion texts their god is stating the same message to its people of you should not kill and peace. Karman views the future of the Arab world as a democracy where there is justice and freedom for everyone. Where she could prove how wrong violence and war could be with backfiring and devastating results. She sounds very optimistic about what she states because she was motivated to help people mostly women get their human rights. Karman sees the war of despotic leaders who oppress their own people the worse war. It’s awful that there are still dictators out there controlling the people’s freedom. But

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