Tarek and his colleagues at the United Nations World Food Programme were honoured with the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for their collective achievement toward fighting hunger in the world during the past 40-plus years. Tarek has extensive experience in international and humanitarian work, leading official ¾ÞÈéÊÓÆµs in more than 20 countries in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Southeast Asia, and Europe. With the UN World Food Programme, he worked at UN headquarters before being assigned to senior positions at ¾ÞÈéÊÓÆµs in Liberia, Afghanistan, Sudan, Iraq, and East Timor.