Two Nobel Laureates from Muslim world

There are two Muslim names among the Nobel Laureates of this year: Orhan Pamuk for Literature and Muhammad Yunus for Peace. Out of these two, the latter was undoubtedly long overdue for the recognition of his marvelous work. (This should not be taken as belittling of the literary genius of Pamuk). Dr. Yunus’s “mico-finance” initiative has helped lot of Bangladeshi poor, especially the women, stand on their feet.

Here is the video link of a talk Dr. Yunus gave at MIT’s Poverty Action Lab.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/289/

Inquiring minds are encouraged to explore.