Omar M Yaghi, the 2025 Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry, grew up in a crowded household. Yaghi was born in Amman, Jordan, in 1965 to parents who were refugees from Palestine

Yaghi, 60, along with Susumu Kitagawa and Richard Robson , were announced as the winners of the coveted 2025 Nobel Chemistry Prize on 8 October.

The three scientists won the Prize for developing a new form of molecular architecture, yielding materials that can help tackle challenges such as climate change and the lack of freshwater.

Yaghi has become the first Palestinian scientist to win the Nobel Prize, and he said it was "quite a journey".

Who is Omar M Yaghi?

Yaghi was born and raised in a Palestinian refugee camp in Amman, Jordan's capital, before moving to the US when he was 15.

"I was born in a famil

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