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In Pictures: Al-Sisi, top officials bid farewell to Nobel laureate Zewail
A military funeral was held on Sunday morning for late Nobel prize winner Ahmed Zewail. The funeral was attended by President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and top state officials. It was held in New Cairo at the Hussein Tantawy mosque. The prime minister, ministers of defence and foreign affairs, Al-Azhar’s grand imam, and the parliament speaker …
In Pictures: Ahmed Zewail’s Funeral Preparations
The funeral will be held Sunday 7 of August 2016 Photos by Mohamed Omar
In Video: Ahmed Zewail, femtochemist and Nobel prize winner
In Cartoon: The brain drain’s benefit to Egypt
Zewail’s body to arrive in Egypt Sunday for funeral
Several figures expressed their condolences over the death of Zewail, including Al-Sisi
Nobel laureate Ahmed Zewail dies age 70
Zewail was the first Arab to win a Nobel prize in the science field
Samih Sawiris donates EGP 100m to Zewail City
Orascom Construction participates in city’s construction
Nile University to take back land
Prime Minister enforced a court decision returning two buildings to the university, marking the end of a three-year court battle with Zewail City
Administrative Court dismisses Zewail’s challenges
Court: students’ futures must not be endangered
Prime minister supports Zewail Science City
The current government’s decision to support Ahmed Zewail’s claim to disputed land is contested by the Nile University
Nile University students respond to Zewail
Students hold a press conference and distribute documents they allege prove their claim to disputed land
Zewail Science City opens enrollment for student admission
Science university will accept new students for 2013-2014 academic year
Zewail fears for Nile University students’ future
Nobel Prize-winning scientist urges Zewail Science City professors to withdraw reports filed against Nile University students
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Nile University head files a complaint against prime minister
Head of university accuses the prime minister, the minister of higher education and prominent scientist of stalling the university’s affairs
Arab Spring raises hopes of rebirth for Mideast science
By Tom Heneghan and Sami Aboudi / Reuters CAMBRIDGE: Egyptian chemist Ahmed Zewail first proposed building a $2 billion science and technology institute in Cairo 12 years ago, just after he won a Nobel Prize. Then-president Hosni Mubarak promptly approved the plan and awarded Zewail the Order of the Nile, Egypt’s highest honor. Within months, the …
Go now, Egyptian Nobel laureate tells Mubarak
By Alistair Lyon / Reuters CAIRO: US-Egyptian scientist Ahmed Zewail once received a medal from President Hosni Mubarak. Now, he says, it’s time for the Egyptian leader to heed the demonstrators clamoring for his departure. “He should step down tomorrow and allow for a transitional government,” Zewail told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday. Zewail, 64, …