Sudanese artist and political cartoonist Khalid Albaih has been appointed to the Nobel Peace Center Advisory Board for the 2026–2030 Peace = ? exhibition series. Albaih announced his appointment on his social media platforms on 23 August 2026.
The Nobel Peace Center, the museum dedicated to the Nobel Peace Prize and its laureates, is an internationally recognised institution focused on peace, conflict, dialogue and human rights.
“As a Sudanese artist living this ongoing war in Sudan and the war before it, at home or in the region, being part of this advisory board is a profound opportunity to contribute to a prestigious platform that dictates a world view on peace. The exhibitions address the critical questions of our time: How to foster peace, strengthen dialogue. In these times of partisan polarisation, the work of the Nobel Peace Center is more important than ever, and I look forward to supporting their mission to be a relevant and courageous force in the global landscape,” he said.
The Peace = ? series is a five-year initiative running through December 2030, bringing together art, research and public engagement to explore what peace means and how it can be achieved and sustained. The series comprises five exhibitions over five years.
The first exhibition, Paths to Peace, opened in Oslo in April 2026. It examines how peace has been understood, practised and challenged throughout history, bringing together historical material, contemporary artworks and perspectives from researchers and other contributors.
Albaih’s appointment brings the perspective of a Sudanese artist whose work has long explored politics, conflict, displacement, migration, identity and authoritarianism into an international conversation about peace.
The Advisory Board brings together expertise from different fields to contribute to the Peace = ? series. Among its members are researchers from the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), including Cindy Horst and Greta Glas, alongside artists and other experts.
Based between Oslo, Norway, and Doha, Qatar, Albaih is an independent Sudanese political cartoonist known for his political cartoon platform Khartoon. He is also the editor-in-chief of KhartoonMag.com, a platform for displaced Sudanese cartoonists, and the creator of @DohaFashionFridays, a social media platform amplifying marginalised voices in Qatar.
His cartoons have been exhibited internationally, while his writing has appeared in publications including The Guardian, Al Jazeera English and AJ+. He has published Khartoon! and co-edited Sudan Retold, an art book featuring contributions from 31 Sudanese artists documenting Sudan’s history.
His wider artistic practice includes installations and video works exploring displacement, migration and social justice, including Bahar, The Walls Have Ears, Shahid, and Season of Immigration to the North.
Through his appointment to the Peace = ? Advisory Board, Albaih will contribute a Sudanese and artistic perspective to a long-term international project examining one of the world’s most pressing questions: what does peace mean, and how can it be achieved?
Nobel Prize 2026
The 2026 Nobel Prize laureates will be announced in October 2026. The official prize announcements will take place live from 5 to 12 October 2026, starting with Physiology or Medicine on 5 October and concluding with Economic Sciences on 12 October.
The Norwegian Nobel Institute keeps all nomination records strictly confidential, meaning nominators themselves or public announcements are the only source for specific names ahead of time. The official 2026 winner will be announced on 9 October 2026.
A total of 287 candidates (208 individuals and 79 organisations) are nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. While the official list remains sealed for 50 years, public disclosures and sponsors confirm several prominent nominees, including Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Yulia Navalnaya, Greta Thunberg, and Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms.
The Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs), Sudan’s grassroots mutual aid groups, is recognised by peace institutes as decentralised grassroots civilian aid networks operating in active conflict zones. In 2025, they were awarded the 2025 Chatham House Prize and the Rafto Prize for Human Rights 2025.
For more information, visit nobelprize.org.
