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AMMAN — In a historic scientific achievement, Jordanian scientist Omar Mounes Abdul Fattah Yaghi has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, crowning over 15 years of dedicated research and innovation.

Yaghi received the Nobel Prize on Wednesday alongside Japan’s Susumu Kitagawa and Britain-born Richard Robson “for developing metal-organic frameworks.”

Dr Ihsan Yaghi, a relative and cousin of Dr Omar, told Al-Mamlaka that the global honour is a source of great pride for his family and for Jordan, noting that Dr Yaghi never stopped pursuing his dream despite challenges.

From Amman to global recognition

Born in 1965 in Jabal Al-Nuzha, Amman, Dr Yaghi later moved with his family to Al-Qweismeh. He grew up in a modest household with seven brothers and two sisters and showed an early passion for learning and academic excellence.

According to his cousin Ihsan, Yaghi completed his primary, preparatory and secondary education in Amman before moving to the United States, where he earned his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees.

From humble beginnings to the world’s highest scientific honour

Dr Yaghi was raised in a modest family; his father was one of Amman’s oldest butchers, running a shop on King Talal Street in downtown Amman. Despite these humble beginnings, Yaghi steadily built his path toward global scientific recognition through perseverance and determination.