A Nobel Undertaking

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Below: Nobel Museum at Children’s City, Dubai Creek Park, in 2018

A NOBEL UNDERTAKING

The annual Nobel Museum has been a resounding success and there is more to come under an exclusive 10-year partnership agreement.

This year marks the fifth time in as many years that the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) is bringing the Nobel Museum to Dubai in collaboration with the Nobel Foundation. MBRF was the first Arab entity to sign an exclusive 10-year partnership agreement with the Nobel Global Foundation, with the aim of organising the exhibition in several locations at local and regional levels. The annual event is held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of MBRF, and showcases information about the Nobel Prize and Nobel prize win- ners, as well as information about the founder of the prize, Alfred Nobel. The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed in several categories by Swedish and Norwegian institutions in recognition of academic, cultural or scientific advances. The will of the Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel established the five Nobel prizes in 1895. The prizes in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics and Physiology or Medicine were first awarded in 1901. The prizes are widely regarded as the most prestigious awards available in these fields. The 2019 edition of the Nobel Museum focuses on the Nobel Prize in Literature under the slogan ‘Sharing Worlds’. It features interactive displays centred on eight laureates, including Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz who won in 1988 (see feature on page 50). There will also be numerous workshops held by individual experts and institutions in achievements that have transformed the world and contrib - and show how the discoveries of Nobel laureates in physiology the field of literature. uted to improving the lives of people. We believe that the or medicine have brought about changes in us and our lives. The Nobel Museum first came to Dubai in 2015. Titled ‘The Nobel Museum exhibits will motivate our young people to The exhibition included several sections focused on the major Nobel Prize: Ideas Changing the World’ it ran for a month innovate and look around them as creative explorers and aspects of medicine, such as diseases and their cures, anatomy, at the Burj Khalifa. His Excellency Jamal bin Huwaireb, divert their energies to find better solutions and ideas.” the cell, DNA and making the invisible visible. The ‘Islamic then Managing Director of MBRF, said the exhibition was organised Among the key attraction were two workshops: one on micro- Medicine’ display featured a timeline of events relevant to as part of the Foundation’s efforts to empower future generations with finance addressed by Nobel laureate Muhammed Yunus, and Islamic medicine and celebrated the achievements of 15 scien- sustainable solutions that address the challenges in the knowledge and the second on the ‘Impact of The Nobel Prizes’ by Dr Gustav tists who created major breakthroughs. research domains in the Arab world. Källstrand, Senior Curator at the Nobel Museum. The 2017 Nobel Museum was titled ‘The Nobel Prize in Physics: “The Nobel Museum exhibition will provide a unique platform in In 2016, the Nobel Museum was held in Dubai under the Understanding Matter’ and was designed to introduce the public the Arab world to put the spotlight on innovation and discoveries,” theme ‘Exploring Life: Nobel Prize in Physiology. The exhibition to the work and discoveries of Nobel laureates in physics, such HE bin Huwaireb said at the time. “It will draw attention to human intended to awaken curiosity about the exploration of our bodies as through X-Ray imagery. The eight different sections focused

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Below: Nobel Museum at Children’s City, Dubai Creek Park, in 2018

A NOBEL UNDERTAKING

The annual Nobel Museum has been a resounding success and there is more to come under an exclusive 10-year partnership agreement.

This year marks the fifth time in as many years that the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation (MBRF) is bringing the Nobel Museum to Dubai in collaboration with the Nobel Foundation. MBRF was the first Arab entity to sign an exclusive 10-year partnership agreement with the Nobel Global Foundation, with the aim of organising the exhibition in several locations at local and regional levels. The annual event is held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of MBRF, and showcases information about the Nobel Prize and Nobel prize win- ners, as well as information about the founder of the prize, Alfred Nobel. The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed in several categories by Swedish and Norwegian institutions in recognition of academic, cultural or scientific advances. The will of the Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel established the five Nobel prizes in 1895. The prizes in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics and Physiology or Medicine were first awarded in 1901. The prizes are widely regarded as the most prestigious awards available in these fields. The 2019 edition of the Nobel Museum focuses on the Nobel Prize in Literature under the slogan ‘Sharing Worlds’. It features interactive displays centred on eight laureates, including Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz who won in 1988 (see feature on page 50). There will also be numerous workshops held by individual experts and institutions in achievements that have transformed the world and contrib - and show how the discoveries of Nobel laureates in physiology the field of literature. uted to improving the lives of people. We believe that the or medicine have brought about changes in us and our lives. The Nobel Museum first came to Dubai in 2015. Titled ‘The Nobel Museum exhibits will motivate our young people to The exhibition included several sections focused on the major Nobel Prize: Ideas Changing the World’ it ran for a month innovate and look around them as creative explorers and aspects of medicine, such as diseases and their cures, anatomy, at the Burj Khalifa. His Excellency Jamal bin Huwaireb, divert their energies to find better solutions and ideas.” the cell, DNA and making the invisible visible. The ‘Islamic then Managing Director of MBRF, said the exhibition was organised Among the key attraction were two workshops: one on micro- Medicine’ display featured a timeline of events relevant to as part of the Foundation’s efforts to empower future generations with finance addressed by Nobel laureate Muhammed Yunus, and Islamic medicine and celebrated the achievements of 15 scien- sustainable solutions that address the challenges in the knowledge and the second on the ‘Impact of The Nobel Prizes’ by Dr Gustav tists who created major breakthroughs. research domains in the Arab world. Källstrand, Senior Curator at the Nobel Museum. The 2017 Nobel Museum was titled ‘The Nobel Prize in Physics: “The Nobel Museum exhibition will provide a unique platform in In 2016, the Nobel Museum was held in Dubai under the Understanding Matter’ and was designed to introduce the public the Arab world to put the spotlight on innovation and discoveries,” theme ‘Exploring Life: Nobel Prize in Physiology. The exhibition to the work and discoveries of Nobel laureates in physics, such HE bin Huwaireb said at the time. “It will draw attention to human intended to awaken curiosity about the exploration of our bodies as through X-Ray imagery. The eight different sections focused

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