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From the dawn of history, science has probed the universe of unknowns, searching for the uniting laws of nature.
Ahmed Zewail
Nature
History
Science
Universe
Unknowns
Laws
Dawn
Searching
Uniting
It turns out all molecular and biological systems have speeds of the atoms move inside them; the fastest possible speeds are determined by their molecular vibrations, and this speed is about a kilometre per second.
Ahmed Zewail
Atoms
Speed
Speeds
Out
Possible
Systems
Inside
Per
About
Determined
Move
Vibrations
Them
Turns
Molecular
Biological
Fastest
Second
Human resources are just tremendous in Egypt, but we need the science base; we need the correct science base.
Ahmed Zewail
Science
Tremendous
Resources
Correct
Egypt
Human
Just
Human Resources
Base
Need
I am not one of the new media experts working all the time with my computers and the PowerPoints and things of that sort.
Ahmed Zewail
Time
Computers
New
Sort
Am
New Media
Experts
Working
Media
Things
As someone from, and directly involved with, this part of the world, I am convinced Arabs are qualified to regain their glorious past.
Ahmed Zewail
World
Glorious
Past
Arabs
Someone
Directly
Part
Involved
Qualified
Am
Regain
Convinced
When Mohamed Morsi was elected president of Egypt in 2012, many in the country, including me, were hopeful that he would become a democratic president for all Egyptians - not only for the Muslim Brotherhood.
Ahmed Zewail
Me
Country
Become
President
Muslim
Hopeful
Would
Brotherhood
Only
He
Democratic
Were
Egypt
Egyptians
Elected
Many
Including
It is true that Egypt's attempt at democracy after the 2011 revolution encountered many obstacles in governance and infrastructure.
Ahmed Zewail
Democracy
Revolution
Attempt
True
Obstacles
Governance
Encountered
Egypt
After
Infrastructure
Many
Shortly after Sisi was elected, his administration announced cuts of 'subsidies' on natural gas and energy consumption and lowered those for bread and other goods. Such action was taboo during the Mubarak and Sadat presidencies for over half a century, but Sisi was able to convince Egyptians he was taking necessary action.
Ahmed Zewail
Natural
Half
Energy
Action
Other
Those
Administration
Able
Taboo
He
Consumption
Taking
Over
Announced
Goods
His
Subsidies
Egyptians
Bread
After
Energy Consumption
Natural Gas
Century
Cuts
Elected
Mubarak
Convince
Lowered
Gas
Necessary
Some consider the removal of Dr. Mohammed Morsi a coup by the army against an elected president. Others treat it as the second revolution, or the continuation of the January 25, 2011, revolution.
Ahmed Zewail
Army
Treat
Revolution
President
Others
Consider
Some
Removal
Coup
Continuation
Against
January
Elected
Mohammed
Dr
Second
Growing up in Egypt, I never saw the country as divided as it is today. We now have two main political groupings: the Islamist parties and the civil, or liberal, political parties.
Ahmed Zewail
Today
Political
Country
Liberal
Saw
Civil
Divided
Main
Never
Parties
Up
Political Parties
Egypt
Growing
Growing Up
Now
Two
Syria is the proud heir of an ancient civilization that has a unique spectrum of minorities that encompasses Muslims and Christians of various denominations. There are at least ten such ethnic and religious groups.
Ahmed Zewail
Syria
Ancient
Muslims
Religious
Minorities
Ten
Various
Civilization
Proud
Least
Denomination
Heir
Ethnic
Unique
Groups
Spectrum
Christians
Syria may appear to be a small country, but it is just the type of entangled conflict that can lead to a world catastrophe. It does not take much imagination to see Syria as the Sarajevo of the 21st century, leading to world war.
Ahmed Zewail
War
Conflict
World
Country
Imagination
Type
Syria
Entangled
See
Small
Small Country
Take
Lead
Catastrophe
Leading
Does
May
Just
Century
Much
Appear
World War
America was and still is able to make the necessary changes to maintain research institutions that are the envy of the world.
Ahmed Zewail
World
Envy
Research
Changes
Able
Maintain
Institutions
Make
Still
America
Necessary
The youth movement is aware that old visions can not take Egypt into the future.
Ahmed Zewail
Future
Youth
Old
Visions
Take
Egypt
Movement
Aware
Let me put it this way: There is nothing in Islam that is fundamentally against the quest for knowledge.
Ahmed Zewail
Me
Knowledge
Islam
Nothing
Way
Put
Quest
Against
Fundamentally
Our femtosecond snapshots can examine a molecule at discrete instants in time.
Ahmed Zewail
Time
Our
Examine
Discrete
Molecule
Egypt had the first constitution in the Middle East that allowed for liberty. And it had democracy.
Ahmed Zewail
Democracy
Constitution
Liberty
First
East
Had
Allowed
Egypt
Middle
Middle East
For years, the West supported Mubarak and gave aid for what it hoped was stability - but was actually stagnation - in the Middle East.
Ahmed Zewail
Aid
Gave
East
Hoped
Supported
West
Years
Stability
Middle
Middle East
Stagnation
Mubarak
Actually
In Egypt, every family is suffering from the deteriorated schooling and university system of the Mubarak regime. What families want most of all is to secure a good education for their children.
Ahmed Zewail
Education
Good
Family
Suffering
Every
System
Secure
Deteriorated
Most
Schooling
Families
Egypt
Children
Want
Regime
Mubarak
Good Education
University
What the U.S. should do consistently is to support the liberty of the Egyptian people.
Ahmed Zewail
People
Liberty
Consistently
Support
Egyptian
Should
In adapting to life in the melting pot of America, I discovered that the same soft power of science has a huge influence in building bridges between cultures and religions - and has the potential to do so with the Muslim world.
Ahmed Zewail
Life
Science
World
Power
Building
Adapting
Melting
Melting Pot
Muslim
Muslim World
Religions
Pot
Potential
Between
Discovered
Cultures
Huge
Huge Influence
America
Same
Influence
Bridges
Soft
As an instructor at Alexandria University, I did research that was published in international journals. Although I left to pursue a doctorate in the United States, it was not for want of a good life.
Ahmed Zewail
Life
Good
Research
Alexandria
Good Life
States
Pursue
Journals
Doctorate
Instructor
Although
Left
Did
Want
International
United
United States
Published
University
In addition to the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, which is crucial to U.S. interests both domestically and in the Middle East, the U.S. has had and will continue to need Egypt's collaboration in the war on terrorism.
Ahmed Zewail
War
Terrorism
Peace
Will
Addition
Collaboration
East
Both
Crucial
Had
Between
Israel
Continue
Egypt
Middle
Middle East
Which
Interests
Need
Treaty
The partnership between the United States and Egypt is crucial to both countries, and it can't be predicated on political manipulation and threats of withholding aid.
Ahmed Zewail
Political
Aid
States
Threats
Both
Crucial
Between
Countries
Partnership
Withholding
Egypt
Manipulation
United
United States
In the 1970s, what I, as a young foreign student studying in the United States, found most dynamic, exciting and impressive about this country is what much of the world continues to value most about the U.S. today: its open intellectual culture, its great universities, its capacity for discovery and innovation.
Ahmed Zewail
Today
Great
Culture
Innovation
World
Value
Country
Young
States
About
Student
Open
Exciting
Studying
Most
Foreign
Discovery
Intellectual
Impressive
Dynamic
Capacity
Much
Found
United
United States
Universities
I teach at Caltech and oversee a research laboratory there. In general, I find that the majority of young people are excited by the prospects of research, but they soon discover that in the current market, many doctorate-level scientists are holding temporary positions or are unemployed.
Ahmed Zewail
People
Young
Holding
Research
Positions
Market
Find
Temporary
General
Excited
Soon
Prospects
Majority
Scientists
Discover
Oversee
Laboratory
Unemployed
Current
Young People
Teach
Many
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