This year’s chemistry laureate Omar Yaghi was born in Amman, Jordan, in 1965 to parents who were refugees from Palestine. When we spoke to him he shared his story:
“I grew up in a very humble home, we were a dozen of us in one room, sharing it with the cattle that we used to raise. I was born in a family of refugees, and my parents could barely read or write. My father finished sixth grade and my mother couldn’t read or write. It’s quite a journey. Science allows you to do it. Science is the greatest equalising force in the world.
Smart people, talented people, skilled people exist everywhere. That’s why we really should focus on unleashing their potential through providing them with opportunity.”
Today Yaghi shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Susumu Kitagawa and Richard Robson for their work developing metal–organic frameworks.
Learn more about the prize: https://t.co/4nmszg1ZIR
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San Mames shows its support to Palestine, represented at the stadium today by @HoneyThaljieh, a group of Palestinian refugees living in the Basque Country and representatives of @UNRWA Euskadi.
We are with you! لكم كل الدعم، نحن معكم
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#Athletic125 ambassador @HoneyThaljieh, Palestinian refugees in the Basque Country, and @UNRWA representatives will receive a show support at San Mames before Saturday's match against @RCD_MallorcaEN kicks off
Israeli sniper Daniel Raab:
"I shot Salem dead because he tried to retrieve the body of his older brother. It's hard for me to understand why he would do that. I mean what was so important about that corpse."
FFS Australia, how is this "our' side.
BREAKING:
Israel has signed a $45 million deal with Google and YouTube.
Under the agreement, Google and YouTube will run Israel's propaganda ads, particularly related to the Gaza.
🚨This video was discovered on the cellphone of a paramedic who was found along with 14 other Palestinian rescue and medical workers in a mass grave in Gaza.
The Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies presented it to the UN Security Council this week.
I have chills.
This Palestinian man hasn’t spoken to his family in 20 years and this is his first phone call letting them know he’s about to be released.
Found a Facebook group where Boomers post their hiking photos from the 1970s and its like another planet.
Pure Americana, but feels like a lost civilization.