By Sudarsan Raghavan Yemeni journalist and activist Tawakkol Karman was the most prominent leader of the 2011 revolution in Yemen, part of the wave of uprisings that swept the Arab world five years ago and led to the ousting of longtime autocrat Ali Abdullah Saleh.

Sadeq Al-Wesabi (author), Sadeq Al-Wesabi (photographer): Though Karman initially stepped out of the NDC, she is now a part of the Reconciliation Committee.

In the midst of what has been taking place in the Arab world nowadays, how do you think the celebration of the International Day of Peace could convey the language of peace?

"In the absence of a free press, there is no democracy”