In Yemen, A Woman Leads the Call For Revolution by Kelly McEvers
date created: August 15th, 2011; date accessed: October 17, 2011
The President of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, and is family are being pressured to step down. Saleh was involved in a recent explosion. While Saleh continues to recover from the accident, much of the populace are out on the streets protesting for the abdication of their power. Tawakkol Karman, who first worked as a reporter, is now on the streets protesting for the abdication. She "lives in a tent in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen" and her family only visits her on the weekends. Karman started organizing protests for jailing journalists, land grabs, and so on. Many men felt that she would "shut ... up" if threats to kill her and her family were sent, but they were sadly put down. She is out on the streets everyday protesting her motto "We have to own our country." Through her dedication and selfless acts, she has been unofficially named the woman behind the revolution.
This article clearly relates to the idea of Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which states that individuals can shine out in society if they are willing to participate in it. Karman defeated the idea of the male-dominated society of the Middle East by starting a protest against men in power herself. She put herself in a position in which she was threatened similar to the men in Nurse Ratched's ward. She did what she felt was right to alleviate herself and her fellow citizens from the hardships that the government rulers were putting them through. Although she did receive threats, her stride did not falter and she continued on her way. With her perseverance, she was named the "woman behind the revolution." She didn't go against society because it was society who wanted the rulers gone. She followed the expectations set by the society and took that to her advantage. This way, she was not put down for starting something that many women wouldn't do, but instead was put in the light and praised for her hard work and dedication to her people.
Vocabulary:
a - Karman's tent is part of a sprawling encampment of tarp and concrete blocks that goes on for a mile down Sanaa's main street.
b - Encampment: place or quarters which is occupied in camping; root - encamp+ -ment (1590 - 1600) (Dictonary.com)
c - Much of the grounds above Hanifl Center was used as an area for encampment.
a - But in Yemen, the international community is working to negotiate a solution with Saleh and his relatives.
b - Negotiate: to deal or bargain with others or another; negōtiārī - to trade and negōti(um) - business (Dictionary.com)
c - The students tried to negotiate the idea proposed of having lights out at 11 pm on weekdays rather than 10: 30 pm.
a - They said that their regime has to step down and has to leave now," she says.
b - Regime: a ruling prevailing system, in this case, the government; root - régime - the French regime (1770-1780) (Dictonary.com)
c - The regime of the administrators at Woodstock, decided that all of the tests and quizzes assigned needs to be put up on the sign up sheet. But many don't listen and pile the kids on with homework.
date created: August 15th, 2011; date accessed: October 17, 2011
The President of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, and is family are being pressured to step down. Saleh was involved in a recent explosion. While Saleh continues to recover from the accident, much of the populace are out on the streets protesting for the abdication of their power. Tawakkol Karman, who first worked as a reporter, is now on the streets protesting for the abdication. She "lives in a tent in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen" and her family only visits her on the weekends. Karman started organizing protests for jailing journalists, land grabs, and so on. Many men felt that she would "shut ... up" if threats to kill her and her family were sent, but they were sadly put down. She is out on the streets everyday protesting her motto "We have to own our country." Through her dedication and selfless acts, she has been unofficially named the woman behind the revolution.
This article clearly relates to the idea of Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which states that individuals can shine out in society if they are willing to participate in it. Karman defeated the idea of the male-dominated society of the Middle East by starting a protest against men in power herself. She put herself in a position in which she was threatened similar to the men in Nurse Ratched's ward. She did what she felt was right to alleviate herself and her fellow citizens from the hardships that the government rulers were putting them through. Although she did receive threats, her stride did not falter and she continued on her way. With her perseverance, she was named the "woman behind the revolution." She didn't go against society because it was society who wanted the rulers gone. She followed the expectations set by the society and took that to her advantage. This way, she was not put down for starting something that many women wouldn't do, but instead was put in the light and praised for her hard work and dedication to her people.
Vocabulary:
a - Karman's tent is part of a sprawling encampment of tarp and concrete blocks that goes on for a mile down Sanaa's main street.
b - Encampment: place or quarters which is occupied in camping; root - encamp+ -ment (1590 - 1600) (Dictonary.com)
c - Much of the grounds above Hanifl Center was used as an area for encampment.
a - But in Yemen, the international community is working to negotiate a solution with Saleh and his relatives.
b - Negotiate: to deal or bargain with others or another; negōtiārī - to trade and negōti(um) - business (Dictionary.com)
c - The students tried to negotiate the idea proposed of having lights out at 11 pm on weekdays rather than 10: 30 pm.
a - They said that their regime has to step down and has to leave now," she says.
b - Regime: a ruling prevailing system, in this case, the government; root - régime - the French regime (1770-1780) (Dictonary.com)
c - The regime of the administrators at Woodstock, decided that all of the tests and quizzes assigned needs to be put up on the sign up sheet. But many don't listen and pile the kids on with homework.
