Childhood challenges lead Palestinian chemist to solution for water shortage through studies in metal–organic frameworks ISTANBUL Omar M. Yaghi, the Palestinian chemist who won the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, has revolutionized materials science and developed innovative methods to harvest water from the air, offering tangible solutions to the global water crisis. Yaghi was born in Amman, Jordan, in 1965 as the sixth child of a Palestinian family. His family migrated to Jordan in 1948