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NNadir

(36,800 posts) Wed Oct 8, 2025, 11:02 AM Oct 8

The "American" winner of the Nobel in Chemistry is Palestinian by birth. [View all]

Omar M. Yaghi is an immigrant born in Amman, Jordan.

Just saying...

Happily he wasn't killed as a child.

Metal Organic Frameworks MOFs, are a very, very big deal and the prize is well deserved.

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The "American" winner of the Nobel in Chemistry is Palestinian by birth. [View all] NNadir Oct 8 OP

Maybe he won't be let back in after that visit to Stockholm. nt eppur_se_muova Oct 8 #1

That is true, but it seems like you might have some massive misconceptions about Amman, Jordan. n/t xocetaceans Oct 8 #2

And those would be what? Are you about to inform me that there are no Palestinians in Jordan? NNadir Oct 8 #3

Please read your post again re: "killed as a child". xocetaceans Oct 8 #4

My point was a general remark that Palestinian children are being killed. NNadir Oct 9 #5

No problem. It just seemed like you might have been under the misconception that Jordan (i.e., Amman) is or was ... xocetaceans Oct 9 #6