2012-13 ఈజిప్షియన్ నిరసనలు మరియు 2013 ఈజిప్షియన్ తిరుగుబాటు ఈజిప్షియన్ తిరుగుబాటుకు స్పందనగా కర్మన్ ఈజిప్షియన్ అధ్యక్షుడు మొహ్మద్ మొర్సి రాజీనామాకోరేవారికి బాసటగా నిలిచింది. మొర్సీని పదవీచ్యుతుని చేసి రాజ్యాంగం రద్దుచేసి ముస్లిం బ్రదర్‌హుడ్ కార్యకలాపాలను ఈజిప్ట్ రాజకీయాల నుండి నిషేధించింది. <ref>{{cite news|title=Egypt's coup has crushed all the freedoms won in the revolution|author=Karman, T.|url=http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/09/egypt-coup-crushed-freedoms-revolution-25-january|newspaper=The Guardian|date=8 August 2013|accessdate=13 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Morsy Is the Arab World's Mandela|author=Karman, T.|url=http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/08/09/morsy_is_the_arab_world_s_mandela?page=0,0|newspaper=Foreign Policy|date=9 August 2013|accessdate=13 August 2013}}</ref> కర్మన్ తురుగుబాటుకు వ్యరేకంగా నిరసనలో పాల్గొనడానికి ఈజిప్ట్‌లో ప్రవేశించడానికి ప్రయత్నించింది. ఈజిప్షియన్ సైన్యం రక్షణసమస్యలను కారణంగా చూపి కర్మన్ ఈజిప్ట్ ప్రవేశాన్ని నిరాకరించింది.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tawakkol Karman banned from entering Egypt|author=Ashraf, F.|url=http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/08/04/tawakkol-karman-banned-from-entering-egypt/|newspaper=Daily News Egypt|date=4 August 2013|accessdate=13 August 2013}}</ref> కర్మన్ ముస్లిం బ్రదర్‌హుడ్‌కు చెందిన ఉన్నతస్థాయి అధికారులను ఖైదుచేయడానిని మరియు మొర్సీ మద్దతుదారుల మీద హింసలను ఖండించింది. <ref>{{cite news|title=Tawakkol Karman denounces arrest of Mohammed Badie in Egypt|author=Yemen Post Staff|url=http://yemenpost.net/Detail123456789.aspx?ID=3&SubID=7146|newspaper=Yemen Post|date=20 August 2013|accessdate=21 August 2013}}</ref>
As a response to the [[2012–13 Egyptian protests]] and the [[2013 Egyptian coup d'état]], Karman was supportive of protests demanding Egyptian president [[Mohamed Morsi]]'s resignation on June 30, but was critical of the military's decision to oust Morsi, suspend the [[Constitution of Egypt]] and bar the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] from participating in Egyptian politics, citing that Morsi was Egypt's first democratically elected leader, the constitution was supported by 60% of people who voted in a [[Egyptian constitutional referendum, 2012|public referendum]] and that the coup may cause people to lose faith in democracy, allowing extremist groups to thrive.
<ref>{{cite news|title=Egypt's coup has crushed all the freedoms won in the revolution|author=Karman, T.|url=http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/09/egypt-coup-crushed-freedoms-revolution-25-january|newspaper=The Guardian|date=8 August 2013|accessdate=13 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Morsy Is the Arab World's Mandela|author=Karman, T.|url=http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/08/09/morsy_is_the_arab_world_s_mandela?page=0,0|newspaper=Foreign Policy|date=9 August 2013|accessdate=13 August 2013}}</ref>
She attempted to enter [[Egypt]] to join protests against the coup but was banned from doing so by the Egyptian military for "security reasons" and was deported back to Sana'a.
<ref>{{cite news|title=Tawakkol Karman banned from entering Egypt|author=Ashraf, F.|url=http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/08/04/tawakkol-karman-banned-from-entering-egypt/|newspaper=Daily News Egypt|date=4 August 2013|accessdate=13 August 2013}}</ref>
She later denounced the military's arrests of high-ranking Muslim Brotherhood officials and the military's [[August 2013 Egyptian raids|use of violence on protesters]] at sites occupied primarily by Morsi's supporters.
<ref>{{cite news|title=Tawakkol Karman denounces arrest of Mohammed Badie in Egypt|author=Yemen Post Staff|url=http://yemenpost.net/Detail123456789.aspx?ID=3&SubID=7146|newspaper=Yemen Post|date=20 August 2013|accessdate=21 August 2013}}</ref>
