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Norwegian author Jon Fosse receives the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature during the award ceremony at the concert hall in Stockholm on 10 December 2023. Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AF

Nobel winner Jon Fosse: my language is my homeland

The Norwegian novelist, playwright, and poet talks to Al Majalla about silence, literature, and everything in between

Jaber Muhammad Madkhali 23 January 2026
Ewan White

Dashed dream: no Nobel for Trump

The US president made no secret of his desire for the world's most coveted peace prize and said he deserved it for "ending seven wars" before the Gaza breakthrough this week

Aqeel Abbas 09 October 2025
Al Majalla

Nobel laureates crack the code of the global wealth gap

Three economists were awarded the Nobel Prize for their work explaining how colonialism impacted the development of countries and why some thrived and others fell into poverty

Alaa Emara 27 October 2024

Left: A 1948 photograph of French writer and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. Right:  Writer Han Kang gives a speech in Gwangju. AFP

Han Kang’s noble Nobel stance vs Sartre's grandstanding

Unlike Sartre, the acclaimed Korean author didn't claim any moral high ground. Instead, she conveyed her respect for the world's wounds, qualities reflected in her literature.

Abdulsalam Bin Abdulali 26 October 2024
Han Kang, winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature Al Majalla

South Korean Nobel Laureate Han Kang: ‘Life is a wound’

The first Asian woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature has written eight novels, published three short story collections, and penned a wealth of poetry. Who is she—and what does she write about?

Emad al-Ahmad 16 October 2024
A visit to Heinrich Boll's home. Mohamed Abi Samra

A visit to Heinrich Böll’s cottage: A calm, sprawling and undeniable pull

The family of the late German Nobel laureate turned his house into a residence for writers – a tradition to continue his literary legacy. Al Majalla visits the cottage and writes about the experience.

Mohamed abi Samra 20 August 2023
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks during a panel discussion at the American Economic Association/Allied Social Science Association (ASSA) 2019 meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., January 4, 2019. REUTERS/Christopher Aluka Berry

Nobel Prize for Economics Goes to Bernanke, Diamond, Dybvig for Research on Financial Crises

Former Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke along with Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig won the 2022 Nobel Economics Prize "for research on banks and financial crises", the Royal Swedish Academy of…

10 October 2022
French author Annie Ernaux attends a book exhibition in Brives La Gaillarde, central France, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008. 2022's Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to French author Annie Ernaux. The 82-year-old was cited for “the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory,” the Nobel committee said.(SIPA via AP)

French Writer Annie Ernaux Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

French author Annie Ernaux, who mined her own biography to explore life in France since the 1940s, was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for work that illuminates murky…

AP 06 October 2022
Jonas Aqvist, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, Hans Ellegren, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Olof Ramstrom, member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry announce winners of the 2022 Nobel Prize in chemistry Caroline R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless, during a news conference at The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, October 5, 2022. TT News Agency/Christine Olsson via REUTERS

Nobel Prize Goes to Pioneers of Lego-like "Click Chemistry"

Scientists Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for discovering reactions that let molecules snap together to create new compounds…

05 October 2022
Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Hans Ellegren, centre, Eva Olsson, left and Thors Hans Hansson, members of the Nobel Committee for Physics announce the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, from left to right on the screen, Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger, during a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (Jonas Ekstromer /TT News Agency via AP)

3 Physicists Share Nobel Prize For Work On Quantum Science

Three scientists jointly won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for their work on quantum information science that has significant applications, for example in the field of encryption. …

AP 04 October 2022
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