Sacha Baron Cohen, Scarlett Johansson, Diane von Furstenberg and Yuval Noah Harari also in the running for $1 million award, traditionally donated by winner to nonprofits

Israeli academic Yuval Noah Harari's history of mankind, translated into Persian, can also be found on display tables of book shops in Iranian capital

Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari’s wildly popular book on the origins and nature of humanity will be made accessible to readers who don't gravitate to science books

'Sapiens' author says current affairs are more important now than ever, as the world undergoes the largest social experiment in modern history

Yuval Noah Harari and husband Itzik Yahav say that while Trump has cut aid, 'luckily, there are more than 7 billion other humans on this earth, and we can do better'

Hardliners in Iran have long criticized the circulation of Yuval Noah Harari's books

Author says he approved changes, which also include description of Moscow's takeover of Crimea as 'annexation' rather than 'occupation'

Bestselling author of 'Sapiens' compares gay rights liberation to the 19th century emancipation of the Jews, which preceded the Holocaust

At Israel's first-ever LGBT confab, bestselling philosopher-historian Yuval Noah Hariri reflects on being gay in a time when the online world can be a lifesaver or a danger

The presence of Amir Ohana, Israel's first openly gay cabinet minister, at annual parade in conservative capital may be a milestone, but does not mark a transformation