Omar Yaghi, a Palestinian refugee, wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 days ago

Omar Yaghi, a Palestinian refugee, wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

hypna@lemmy.world · 11 days ago

Are you objecting to him being described as a refugee?

Samskara@sh.itjust.works · 11 days ago

It’s disingenuous.

curbstickle@anarchist.nexus · 11 days ago

Apparently its not. I was curious and started looking it up:

Under international law and the principle of family unity, the children of refugees and their descendants are also considered refugees until a durable solution is found. As stated by the United Nations,this principle applies to all refugees and both UNRWA and UNHCR have recognized descendants as refugees on this basis.

https://www.unrwa.org/transfer-refugee-status-descendants-unique-unrwa-0

Samskara@sh.itjust.works · 10 days ago

This guy has Jordanian citizenship and American citizenship. Two countries were he can live in safety and freedom. That’s what durable solution means.

curbstickle@anarchist.nexus · 10 days ago

He was a refugee.

He is no longer.

In describing his history, you can absolutely include his status as a refugee.