The human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkol Karman has visited Harvard University as a lecturer of honor by the Belfer Center Fellowship Program at John F. Kennedy School of Government. 

The visit’s program includes, among others, participation in a number of workshops, public lectures and interviews with local and international media as well as meetings with faculty members, students and members of research centers of Harvard University, one of the oldest universities in the world. 

Fisher Fellowship of the Future of Diplomacy Project at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs is one of the most well-known fellowship programs offered at Harvard University, which hosts the most prominent global leaders to share their personal experiences with students and university faculty members and leaders.   

According to Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Relations and director of the Future of Diplomacy Project, P. Nicholas Burns, allows to bring leading international figures to campus to share their own experiences with university’s students and engage with them on the most critical questions.   

During her visit to the university, Karman has deliver the opening speech of Harvard Arab Conference, which celebrates its tenth anniversary.

With the participation of about 1300 attendees including professionals, businesspeople, economists, government officials, students and alumni of leading American universities, the largest pan-Arab conference in North America, held during the period of 10-13 November, was opened with Karman’s speech.