Children of Peace Prize laureate to give guided tours in exhibition about their mother

In December last year, Kiana and Ali Rahmani came to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of their mother, Narges Mohammadi, who is incarcerated in Iran. This summer, they will be back to offer a very special experience to visitors to the Nobel Peace Center. The twins, aged 17, will give guided tours in the Nobel Peace Prize exhibition – the exhibition that tells the story about their mother and the fight for women’s rights in Iran.

“Kiana and Ali haven’t seen their mother in nine years, and it is deeply touching to see how they have become such strong spokespersons for her fight for freedom and human rights. We are very proud to be able to include them in our staff this summer”, says Executive Director of the Nobel Peace Center, Kjersti Fløgstad.

“We are echoing their voices”

Ali and Kiana Rahmani have accepted to give these tours to raise awareness about their mother's situation in prison and the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement, aiming to make a more profound impact, particularly among the younger generations.

They say: "To help the story of our mother be heard better and louder and to highlight the story of women resisting daily in Iran, it is important that we keep talking about them. We are echoing their voices as they have no voice inside Iran."

The tours will be held in July and August, and exact dates will be announced later.

Messages of hope and peace

Summer Season at the Nobel Peace Center starts 17 June, and the museum will be open every day from 10 to 17 throughout the summer, and offers guided tours of the exhibitions included in the ticket prize. The museum for the Nobel Peace Prize was refurbished last year and is ready for a busy summer season.

«We saw very good visitor numbers already in May, and we experience that our messages of peace and hope resonates well with the audiences. The Nobel Peace Prize laureates and the story of the Nobel Peace Prize can provide much needed inspiration and optimism in a time marked by war and insecurity”, Kjersti Fløgstad says. 

Yoko Ono inspires peace

Yoko Ono’s art In addition to the Nobel Peace Prize exhibition “Woman – Life – Freedom” about Narges Mohammadi, the Nobel Peace Center is showing “YOKO ONO – PEACE is POWER” featuring some of the renowned artists most famous instruction works. An interactive exhibition about Alfred Nobel and the history of the Peace Prize, The Nobel Field with all the 141 laureates gathered in the same room,  and a display of an original Nobel Peace Prize medal in gold is always available in the museum.

Visitors who want to learn more about the Nobel Peace Prize can take part in the Nobel Peace Walks, which takes place four days a week. The walk starts outside the Nobel Peace Center and continues via Oslo City Hall, the Grand Hotel, the Parliament and other buildings in Oslo that have had an impact on the history of the world's most important prize.

Peace Dove flying with hope

Every Friday at the stroke of twelve, the peace dove flies from the windows of the Nobel Peace Center with a message of hope. As it crosses the City Hall Square, the John Lennon song Give Peace a Chance plays from the bell tower. A moving tradition that is being carried out since 2020 outside the Nobel Peace Centre, attracting more and more visitors.

The Peace Dove flies every Friday from May to October.