The open bigotry of the remarks in Michigan by the US president and a top cabinet secretary are a signal of the plans for mass repression and military aggression after the elections.
Abdus Salam (Pakistan, 1979): Shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction.
Chemistry
Ahmed Zewail (Egypt/United States, 1999): Awarded for his work on femtochemistry (studying chemical reactions on ultra-short time scales).
Aziz Sancar (Turkey/United States, 2015): Awarded for mechanistic studies of DNA repair.
Moungi Bawendi (Tunisian heritage, 2023): Awarded for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.
Omar M. Yaghi (Jordanian-born, 2025): Awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Literature
Naguib Mahfouz (Egypt, 1988): Awarded for his rich and nuanced works of Arabic literature.
Orhan Pamuk (Turkey, 2006): Awarded for discovering new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures.
Abdulrazak Gurnah (Tanzania, 2021): Awarded for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism.
Peace Prize
Anwar al-Sadat (Egypt, 1978): Shared for the Camp David Accords.
Yasser Arafat (Palestine, 1994): Shared for peace efforts in the Middle East.
Shirin Ebadi (Iran, 2003): Awarded for significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights.
Mohamed ElBaradei (Egypt, 2005): Awarded alongside the IAEA for efforts to prevent nuclear energy from military use.
Muhammad Yunus (Bangladesh, 2006): Awarded for advancing economic and social development from below (microcredit).
Tawakkol Karman (Yemen, 2011): Awarded for a non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building.
Malala Yousafzai (Pakistan, 2014): Awarded for the struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.
Narges Mohammadi (Iran, 2023): Awarded for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all.
He said… while using an Arabic numbering system…
Also, there is algebra…and chemistry.
Hm, wonder where those words came from…?
You don’t have to go into ancient history either.
Physics
Abdus Salam (Pakistan, 1979): Shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction.
Chemistry
Ahmed Zewail (Egypt/United States, 1999): Awarded for his work on femtochemistry (studying chemical reactions on ultra-short time scales).
Aziz Sancar (Turkey/United States, 2015): Awarded for mechanistic studies of DNA repair.
Moungi Bawendi (Tunisian heritage, 2023): Awarded for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.
Omar M. Yaghi (Jordanian-born, 2025): Awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Literature
Naguib Mahfouz (Egypt, 1988): Awarded for his rich and nuanced works of Arabic literature.
Orhan Pamuk (Turkey, 2006): Awarded for discovering new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures.
Abdulrazak Gurnah (Tanzania, 2021): Awarded for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism.
Peace Prize
Anwar al-Sadat (Egypt, 1978): Shared for the Camp David Accords.
Yasser Arafat (Palestine, 1994): Shared for peace efforts in the Middle East.
Shirin Ebadi (Iran, 2003): Awarded for significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights.
Mohamed ElBaradei (Egypt, 2005): Awarded alongside the IAEA for efforts to prevent nuclear energy from military use.
Muhammad Yunus (Bangladesh, 2006): Awarded for advancing economic and social development from below (microcredit).
Tawakkol Karman (Yemen, 2011): Awarded for a non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building.
Malala Yousafzai (Pakistan, 2014): Awarded for the struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.
Narges Mohammadi (Iran, 2023): Awarded for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all.
how much science has an inbred Irish family produced? Raccoon peen collecting doesn’t count.
The science of getting people killed for profit.
While gripping his Damascus steel roadkill machete