Nobel prize
Chemical weapons watchdog wins Nobel Peace Prize for Syrian mission
Egypt
October 11, 2013
Chemical weapons watchdog wins Nobel Peace Prize for Syrian mission
The global chemical weapons watchdog working to eliminate chemical weapons stockpiles around the battlefields of Syria's civil war won the…
China’s Mo Yan wins Nobel prize for literature
Books
October 11, 2012
China’s Mo Yan wins Nobel prize for literature
Chinese writer Mo Yan won the 2012 Nobel prize for literature on Thursday for works which combine "hallucinatory realism" with…
Maggie Gobran, ‘Mother Teresa’ of Cairo’s slums, could win Nobel peace prize
Egypt
October 7, 2012
Maggie Gobran, ‘Mother Teresa’ of Cairo’s slums, could win Nobel peace prize
This year's Nobel Prize season kicks off on Monday with rumors suggesting the peace prize could go to Egypt's Maggie…
Sotheby’s London to auction Naguib Mahfouz manuscripts
Books
December 9, 2011
Sotheby’s London to auction Naguib Mahfouz manuscripts
The Sotheby's London auction house announced Thursday that it will offer a major cache of manuscripts by Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian…
Nobel prize for China dissident brings hope of change
World
October 8, 2010
Nobel prize for China dissident brings hope of change
China's dwindling band of pro-democracy dissidents believe awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to one of their own could bring change…