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Recent news about the Nobel Peace Prize that Barrack Obama received, makes me wonder what about the other candidates.
Nobel Prize Medal
So, Who were other candidates?
Appereantly there were more than 200 candidates, though a few of them were considered very strong. These are:
Denis Mukwege: A doctor who has devoted his life to helping Congolese victims of sexual violence.
Sima Samar: A Afghan women’s rights activist who kept her schools―the only high schools in the whole country girls were able to attend―open under the Taliban regime.
Ghazi bin Muhammad: Prince of Jordan who brought prominent Islamic scholars together to work out a "theological counter-attack" against terrorism.
But, they didn't get one. Obama did.
Why did he get it?
Official Press Release of Nobel says:
“Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future. His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population.”
Pretty impressive I think. Obama really gives hope to many people around the world but giving him a Nobel for that? Unusual.
Nobel academy, obviously has many motivations in givinhg Obama this honor. Though, it's a great risk for the prestige of this award. Isn't this award based on prestige, for 100 years?
If Obama really succeeds in solving some of the major political conflicts, then ok, nobel commitee would have lost anything. But what if Obama does't manage to fullfill his committements to Americans and to the World, and fails? Wouldn't it damage Nobel?
Peace category is different from scientific and literary categories, though it is very important in drawing th world's attention. The recipients are more popular, therefore arguable. 1994 prize given to Yasser Arafat; Peres and Rabin also had raised questions like the Obama prize, and there were ciritics that although nothing concrete has accomplished, they were awarded a Nobel.
After going through the list of Nobel laureates, for the peace award, i guess, for the real popular ones they're saying : “It would be good if you have accomplished something, if not don't worry, if you try you will get one!”
I've read articles proposing a Re-Evaluation of the prize, because it has lost its meaning. All I know, if I were a Nobel price winner with my achievements, I would very upset:)
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