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Muslims Who Won Nobel Prize

Nobel prize is the highest prize awarded to the people who achieve something very extraordinary in their life.

Achieving a milestone in life is never easy, but these Muslims have made everyone proud by putting up their contribution which helped in making a difference in the world, these are the Muslims who have won Nobel Peace Prize;

1. Ahmed Zewail

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Year of receiving Nobel Price: 1999

What For: Studies in Femtochemistry, also known as the Father of Femtochemistry.

Country: Egypt

2. Orhan Pamuk

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Year of receiving Nobel Price: 2006

What For: Literature

Country: Turkey

3. Tawakkol Karman

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Year of receiving Nobel Price: 2011

What For: Leading a group “Women Journalists Without Chains,” in Journalism

Country: Yemen

4. Malala Yousafzai

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Year of receiving Nobel Price: 2014

What For: Social Activism and Awareness all around the world

Country: Pakistan

5. Muhammad Yunus

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Year of receiving Nobel Price: 2006

What For: Entrepreneurial endeavors

Country: Bangladesh

6. Mohamed El Baradei

Photo Credit: Academy of Achievement

Year of receiving Nobel Price: 2005

What For: Diplomacy, he decided not to give nuclear power for military use but for the peace of the world.

Country: Egypt

7. Shirin Ebadi

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Year of receiving Nobel Price: 2003

What For: Human rights

Country: Iran

8. Yasser Arafat

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Year of receiving Nobel Price: 1994

What For: Efforts to create peace in the Middle East

Country: Palestine

9. Anwar Al Sadat

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Year of receiving Nobel Price: 1981

What For: Peace

Country: Egypt

10. Aziz Sancar

Photo Credit: Carolina Scientific Magazine

Year of receiving Nobel Price: 2015

What For: Contribution to the Chemistry

Country: Turkey

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This post was last modified on August 14, 2024 6:19 pm

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  • You forgot the first ever Muslim to win a Nobel Prize in Science, the great Dr. Mohammad Abdus Salam.

    Year of receiving Nobel Price: 1979

    What For: Electroweak Unification Theory

    Country: Pakistan

    • Dr. Mohammad Abdus Salam was not a Muslim. He belonged to the Ahmaddiya community which is by law been declared non-muslims.

      • And he was one of three to accept the award on that occasion. . The other two were Jewish, Weinberg and Glashow.

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