From a refugee family to Nobel Laureate: Omar Yaghi’s story

Omar Yaghi, a 2025 Nobel Laureate, is working with The Take to create metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), which are a form of carbon storage and storage. Yaghi, who was born into a Palestinian refugee family in Amman, describes how hardship affected his creative process, from having fresh water only once per week to developing irrigation systems that draw water from the desert air.

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• Dr. Omar Yaghi, founder of Atoco, professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and Nobel Laureate in Chemistry.

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Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Tamara Khandaker, Kylene Kiang, Sar el-Khalili, and our host, Malika Bilal, were the producers of this episode. Noor Wazwaz and Sar el-Khalili edited it. &nbsp,

Marcos Bartolomé, Sonia Bhagat, Spencer Cline, Sar el-Khalili, Tamara Khandaker, Kylene Kiang, Phillip Lanos, Chloe K. Li, Melanie Marich, and Noor Wazwaz make up the Take production team. Malika Bilal is our host. &nbsp,

Adam Abou-Gad and Vienna Maglio are the wedding planners. The audience engagement lead is Andrew Greiner.

Alex Roldan is our sound designer. Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhem are our video editors. Executive producer of The Take is Alexandra Locke. The head of audio for Al Jazeera is Ney Alvarez. &nbsp,

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