Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights activist Tawakkol Karman commemorated Yemen’s Unity Day with a statement on her official Facebook page, describing the unification of North and South Yemen as “the most significant event in modern Arab history.”

In her post, Karman expressed deep admiration for Ali Salem al-Beidh, former Vice President of unified Yemen and a principal figure behind the 1990 unification agreement. She hailed al-Beidh as “the architect of unity and its declared leader” and “the father of all Yemenis.”
“On this great occasion, I renew my deep admiration and pride for the architect of unity and its declared leader, Ali Salem al-Beidh,” Karman wrote. “A glorious Unity Day!”
However, the post also carried sharp criticism of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, whom Karman accused of betraying both the principles of national unity and the republican system.
“I reaffirm my disdain, anger, and condemnation—alongside generations of Yemenis—toward Ali Abdullah Saleh, who betrayed both unity and the republic,” she wrote. “He was held accountable by a great revolution that forever dismantled his failed, corrupt, and tyrannical family rule.”
Karman's remarks align with the celebrations of the Yemeni people commemorating the 35th anniversary of Yemeni unity on May 22, 1990, when the two parts merged into a single state.