List of Muslim Nobel Laureates

The Nobel Prize is an annual, international prize first awarded in 1901 for achievements in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. An associated prize in Economics has been awarded since 1969.^[1] The following is a list of Muslim Nobel Laureates.

Peace

• Yasser Arafat – Palestinian politician (1994).
• Shirin Ebadi – Iranian human right activist (2003).
• Mohamed El Baradei – Egyptian policymaker (2005).
• Anwar al-Sadat – Egyptian policymaker (1978).
• Tawakel Karman – human right activist based in Yemen. A prominent leader in the Arab Spring (2011).
• Muhammad Yunus – Bangladeshi economist and founding father of Grameen Bank (2006).

Literature

• Naguib Mahfouz – Egyptian Author, noted for his contribution to modern Arabic Literature (1988).
• Orhan Pamuk – Turkish author famous for his book My Name is Red (2006).

Physics

• Abdus Salam – Pakistani physicist (1979).

Chemistry

• Ahmed Zewail – American scientist born in Egypt (1999).

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