Tawakkol Karman sees her shoes as a symbol of how she is continuing her fight for democracy and human rights.
Tawakkol Karman donated the shoes to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2014.
This megaphone was the first one Tawakkol Karman used when calling for democracy and human rights. Many protests erupted against incumbent regimes in Arab countries during the Arab Spring in 2011. In the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, journalist and activist Tawakkol Karman led demonstrations against her country's regime. When she donated the megaphone to the Nobel Prize Museum she said: “I would like to give you my voice.”
Tawakkol Karman donated the megaphone to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2014.
