The 1988
Nobel Prize in Literature was given to Naguib Mahfouz "who, through works rich in nuance—now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous—has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind".[14][15]
The first Muslim author to receive such a prize.[4][16][17]
The 2006
Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Orhan Pamuk "who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures".[18][19]
The first
Turk and
Circassian to receive the Nobel Prize, He describes himself as a
Cultural Muslim who associates the historical and cultural identification with the religion while not believing in a personal connection to God.[4][20][21][22]
Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2021 "for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fates of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents".[23]
He, along with
Menachem Begin was awarded 1978
Nobel Peace Prize "for their contribution to the two frame agreements on peace in the Middle East, and on peace between Egypt and Israel, which were signed at
Washington on September 17, 1978".[25]
The 1994 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to Arafat,
Shimon Peres and
Yitzhak Rabin "for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East".[31][32]
The 2003 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Ebadi "for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children".[37]
The only Iranian to receive a Nobel Prize. She was also the first Muslim woman to receive such an honor.[4][38][39][40][41] Note that
Doris Lessing born and raised for 5 years in modern-day Iran is a fellow laureate.
The 2005 Nobel Peace Prize was jointly awarded to
El Baradei and
IAEA "for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way".[42][43]
The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was jointly given to
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf,
Leymah Gbowee and Karman "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work".[53]
At the age of 17, Yousafzai is the youngest Nobel Prize recipient ever.[59] She is also the second Pakistani and first ethnic
Pashtun to be awarded a Nobel Prize.[60]
Malala Yousafzai: ‘I’m a feminist and a Muslim’ [61]
The 2023
Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Mohammadi "for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all"[62]
She is the second Iranian to win the Nobel Peace Prize and the Nobel Prize in general.[63]
The 1979
Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded jointly to
Sheldon Glashow, Salam, and
Steven Weinberg "for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current". The life work of Abdus Salam was key to defining a theory of particle physics still used today, and it laid the groundwork for the 2012 discovery of the God particle, the particle that holds the physical fabric of the universe together as Abdus Salam viewed it theoretically and introduced it in the electroweak and strong interactions theory of the quantum field.[64]
He may be categorized as the first Muslim nobel laureate in science and only one in physics till now.[65][66] Abdus Salam openly identified himself as an Ahmadi Muslim throughout his life. He was a devoted member of the Ahmadiyya community and actively participated in its activities. However, it's worth noting that the Pakistani government declared the Ahmadiyya community as non-Muslim in 1974, which created significant challenges and discrimination for Ahmadis, including Dr. Salam.
The year of receiving Nobel Prize is given after each
Nobel Laureate in this article. For verification of candidacy of above listed
Nobel Laureates, please go to
nobelprize.org,[78] and search the corresponding year of reception of Nobel Prize in the respective field.
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[5] “No Nobels for the Muslim World” by Aziz Akhmad,
The Express Tribune, October 6, 2011
[6] “Abdus Salam, 'First Muslim Nobel Laureate'”, ‘The Culture Trip’. (Abdus Salam was a theoretical physicist who became the first Pakistani and the first Muslim to be awarded the Nobel Prize in the sciences.)
[12]“
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Tawakul Karman: Islam No Threat to Democracy”, reprinted ‘Positive Islam’, December 12, 2011, 1st printed
Reuters[13] December 9, 2011
[14] “The Nobel Prize – Muslim Winners”, by Sadaqat
[15] “Women Nobel Peace Laureates Congratulate Three New Women Laureates”,
Nobel Women's Initiative, October 7, 2011
[22]“Thirty years later, Sadat's widow still hopes for peace”,
CNN, March 26, 2009
[23]“The Tragedy of Muslim Civilization” by Aftab Zaidi, Nirmukta, November 13, 2011
[24]“
Naguib Mahfouz and modern ‘Islamic identity’” by ‘Mehnaz Mona Afridi’,
UNISA, November 2008
[25] Malak, Amin, “The Qur’anic Paradigm and the Renarration of Empire: Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Paradise” in Muslim Narratives and the Discourse of English. – Albany : State University of New York Press, 2005