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Anti-nuclear Campaign Wins Nobel Peace Prize

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 6, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Nuclear disarmament group ICAN won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its decade-long campaign to rid the world of the atomic bomb. The International Coalition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons “is receiving the award for its work to draw attention to the...

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Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos talks during a news conference after a meeting with Colombian former President and Senator Alvaro Uribe at Narino Palace in Bogota, Colombia, October 5, 2016. REUTERS/John Vizcaino

Colombian President Santos Wins Nobel Peace Prize for FARC Ceasefire

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 7, 2016 | World

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, a surpise choice after Colombians voted against his peace deal in a referendum. Announcing their decision in Oslo, the Norwegian Nobel committee praised Santos’ “resolute efforts to...

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Yezidi Survivor “Nadia” Tells Her Story in London

Yezidi Survivor “Nadia” Tells Her Story in London

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 16, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

London-The Iraqi Democratic Movement arranged in London, in coordination with Trade Union Congress House, a talk session with the Kurdish survivor from ISIS Nadia Murad, who is nominated to receive “Nobel Peace Prize”, The ISIS sex slave survivor, who saw her family...

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Malala Yousafzai with flowers from the Prime Minister of Pakistan during a press conference in Birmingham, Britain, on 10 October 2014. (EPA)

Yousafzai, Satyarthi share Nobel Prize for children’s rights

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 10, 2014 | World

Karachi, AP—Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot by the Taliban, and India’s Kailash Satyarthi were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their advocacy of rights for children. “It’s a prerequisite for peaceful global development that...

Opinion: Satire is dead…again

by Samir Atallah | Oct 17, 2013 | Opinion

I don’t know about you, but I personally feel relieved, if not ecstatic. There have been two huge, unmatched international events: First, the acceptance of the Syrian regime of the destruction of its chemical weapons arsenal. Second, the Nobel Peace Prize being...