2014 Nobel Peace Prize alone. This was mentioned by Thorbjørn Jagland in his handover ceremony speech. The Nobel Prize Committee announced that it had received a record number of 278 different nominations for the Peace Prize, up from 259 in 2013. 47 of these nominations were for organizations. Prior to the announcement, many news media speculated about who would win this year, providing lists of favourites. Often cited were Pope Francis, Ban Ki-moon, Chelsea Manning, Denis Mukwege, Edward Snowden, José Mujica, the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper, and the so-called Japanese people who conserve Article 9, together with the eventual winner Malala Yousafzai. The other winner,
Abaseen Yousafzai the State of Pakhtunkhwa in 1520. Yousafzai conducted research on the concept of nationalism in Pashto poetry. The title of the thesis was "Concept of nationality in the poetry of Hamza Shinwari". Abaseen criticized the policy of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf for inciting youth to resort to violence. Abaseen Yousafzai Abaseen Yousafzai () () is a Pashtun poet from Pakistan. He is president of the Pashto Academy of the University of Peshawar. Yousafzai has had his poetry published across the Durand Line. Abaseen Yousafzai joined the Islamia College Peshawar as a lecturer of Pashto in 1993. Yousafzai has written three poetry collections: