Sheikh Mohammed congratulates Jordanian Professor Omar Yaghi on Nobel Prize win

Dubai: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has congratulated Jordanian Professor Omar Yaghi on his remarkable achievement of winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Professor Yaghi was honoured with the ‘Great Arab Minds’ Award last year.
In a post on his X account, Sheikh Mohammed wrote: “A year ago, we honoured Professor Omar Yaghi with the ‘Great Arab Minds’ Award in the field of Natural Sciences. Today, we congratulate him on winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.”

“We congratulate Professor Omar — and before that, we congratulate the Arab world on these brilliant minds that make us proud before other nations. The Arab world is rich in talent and intellect. Our message is to restore confidence in ourselves, in our youth, and in our scientists,” the Vice President reaffirmed.

He added: “This is our message through the ‘Great Arab Minds’ Award and all our humanitarian and civilisational initiatives.”