1 of these 4 Middle Easterners could win the next Nobel Peace Prize

On Friday, the Nobel Peace Prize – arguably the most well-known award in the world – will have a new recipient. And it might just be someone from the Middle East. Again.

Last year, the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet  won the Nobel Peace prize for its contribution to "pluralistic democracy in Tunisia." And with the 2016 Peace Prize being granted this Friday, we can't help but hope the region gets an encore.

Here are four Middle Eastern activists and organizations nominated for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize:

The Guardian  and Prio.org placed these Syrian rescuers among the top five contenders for the prize, but we're not surprised.

They are unarmed rescue workers, also known as Syria Civil Defense . They have rescued more than 62,000 survivors  from war rubble and battlefronts, losing 160 of their own in the process.

The White Helmets  champion the slogan "We act neutrally, impartially and for all Syrians."

The group's peace prize nomination was backed by 133 organizations. It was recently awarded the Right Livelihood Award, known as Sweden's Alternative Nobel prize.

The non-profit organization is allegedly among the 15 nominees shortlisted for the award, yet this has not been confirmed. AMEL’s founder Kamel Mohanna told The Daily Star  the news was "implied" to them.

AMEL supports underprivileged populations in Lebanon, including refugees and migrant domestic workers, through healthcare, psycho-social support, rural development, vocational training, child protection and the promotion of human rights.

It was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Lebanon's former Finance Minister Georges Corm and earned the Lebanese parliament's official support.

Upon her escape from ISIS' sex trafficking system, Murad embarked on a humanitarian journey to promote human rights. The 23-year-old was appointed a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador responsible for raising awareness on the plight of trafficking victims.

She is working with her lawyer Amal Clooney  towards the official recognition of the ISIS genocide against the Yazidis – the ethno-religious group Murad belongs to.

The Iraqi government nominated Murad for the peace prize saying that she is "the symbol of women's struggle against the dark forces aiming to degrade women".

As a leading politician in the Fatah party and one of the most prominent leaders of the first and second intifadas, Barghouti has been hailed as “the Palestinian Mandela”.Barghouti has been serving a life sentence in Israeli prison since 2002.

It so happens that President Nelson Mandala's South African compatriot Desmond Tutu - an anti-apartheid social rights activist who has previously won the Nobel Peace Prize -decided to nominate Barghouti for the prize this year.

According to Ma'an News Agency, Barghouti's nomination has been backed by the Arab Parliament, Palestinian National Council speaker Saleem al-Zaanoun, Argentina's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Adolfo Perez Esquivel, leading members of Belgium's parliament and Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union President Nabih Berri.

Barghouti is considered to be a strong contender for presidency after Mahmoud Abbas if efforts for his release succeed.