Women's Rights Activists in Action

There are a few more women's rights activists in the Middle East who should be pointed out for their achievements.

1) Tawakkol Karman

Tawakkol Karman was the first Yemeni/ Arab woman to receive a Nobel Peace Prize award. She is journalist, activist and politician in one of the harshest Middle Eastern countries (when concerned with women's rights). She is also the co-founder of the group “Women Journalists Without Chains".

She contributed to the Arab Spring, and uprising against injustices. Her courage and effort is further appreciated since she was a woman who pushed her way through the boundaries of the gender barrier and fought for her rights and the rights of others, men and women alike.

2) Razan Ghazzawi

Razan Ghazzawi is a blogger from Syria who has been campaigning for human rights, especially in her country. She contributed to the Syrian Civil war, spoke out about the arrests of many of her fellow activists and spoke against the rights being violated by Bashar al Assad.

She has been arrested many times by the Syrian government for her acts of campaigning but she refuses to leave since she has such a big task on her hands, fighting for the equal rights of her countrymen and woman.

3) Manal al-Sharif

Manal al-Sharif is a women's rights activist from Saudi Arabia who helped start a big campaign for the right to drive in her country. She was arrested a few times for her outspokenness, but that made her pursue her case further.