Egypt's Hidden Nobel Nominations Revealed
The article explains that Egypt had not been included in Nobel Peace Prize nominations for 75 years. However, after the archives were opened 50 years after their confidentiality period, four historic discoveries emerged concerning the participation of Egyptians and individuals connected to Egypt in Nobel nominations. Among these is a foreign scientist who lived in Cairo—the German doctor Arthur Loos—who was nominated for the Nobel in Medicine in 1912 for discovering how intestinal worms penetrate the skin, with the nomination submitted by Sir Ronald Ross. The article also presents translated excerpts from submissions from Alexandria, such as the French-Canadian bacteriologist Félix Déril, who was nominated 28 times between 1924 and 1937, and Taha Hussein, who was nominated 23 times for the Literature Prize but never won. Conversely, no Egyptian was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize until 1973, with nominations coming from international entities rather than Egyptian figures directly. The most prominent of these was the nomination of Boutros Ghali for Secretary-General of the United Nations. Lastly, the archives revealed Egyptian scientists’ participation in nominations for scientific awards, such as physicist John Van Vleck and chemist Edward Teller, both of whom received prizes more than 10 years after their nominations. The article highlights that Egypt’s Nobel nominations primarily involved non-Egyptian individuals or unofficial nominations, and the chances of Egypt winning a Nobel remain uncertain—particularly for the Peace Prize, which Egyptian nationals have not yet secured.
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