Peace on earth, good will to (wo)men  

Last week I had the absolute honour of welcoming Tawakkul Karman, co-winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, to London (her first ever visit) in an event I chaired on behalf of the Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding to celebrate her outstanding achievement.Any winner of the Nobel Peace Prize is pretty special, but Tawakkul is quite exceptional - not only is she the first Arab woman to win the prize; she is also the youngest ever prize-winner at just 32.Tawakkul, a Yemeni democracy activist, was awarded the prize earlier in December, alongside Liberians Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee, for her "non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work."If you take a brief glance at the situation in Yemen, you can begin to appreciate what a task she has on her hands.Since the Arab uprisings began in January,...