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Middle Eastern Nobel Laureates
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Ahmed Zewail
Field: Chemistry. Contribution: Studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy.
Shirin Ebadi
Field: Peace. Contribution: Efforts for democracy and human rights, especially the rights of women and children.
Menachem Begin
Field: Peace. Contribution: Co-recipient with Anwar Sadat for achieving peace between Egypt and Israel.
Anwar Sadat
Field: Peace. Contribution: Co-recipient with Menachem Begin for achieving peace between Egypt and Israel.
Yasser Arafat
Field: Peace. Contribution: Efforts to create peace in the Middle East, particularly in the creation of the Oslo Accords.
Naguib Mahfouz
Field: Literature. Contribution: Through his novels and plays, he formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind.
Elie Wiesel
Field: Peace. Contribution: As a Holocaust survivor, his work is a powerful message against hatred, racism and genocide.
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Field: Physiology or Medicine. Contribution: Discovery of nerve growth factor (NGF).
Daniel Kahneman
Field: Economic Sciences. Contribution: Having integrated insights from psychological research into economic science, especially concerning human judgment and decision-making under uncertainty.
Aaron Ciechanover
Field: Chemistry. Contribution: Discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation.
Avram Hershko
Field: Chemistry. Contribution: Discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation.
Ada Yonath
Field: Chemistry. Contribution: Studies on the structure and function of the ribosome.
Shimon Peres
Field: Peace. Contribution: Efforts to create peace in the Middle East, particularly in the creation of the Oslo Accords.
Yitzhak Rabin
Field: Peace. Contribution: Efforts to create peace in the Middle East, particularly in the creation of the Oslo Accords.
Orhan Pamuk
Field: Literature. Contribution: In quest of the melancholic soul of his native city, he has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures.
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