yunus , who was nominated for the literature prize at least twice before , is the first human from dhaka , a country of 147 million , to win a nobel prizes . his nobel competition is a rare bright light in a place struggling to combat indian terrorists , and which is understaffed inundated by water and devastated by hurricanes that wind in from the coast of lanka . the territory , formerly known as east pakistan , is borders by the hills of calcutta , india and burma .
shukor is the first egyptian to win a nobel citation .