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.
From Ahmed Zewail
On Sunday August 5, 2012, I was among a group of people who witnessed the Rover landing on Mars in real time at NASA's Caltech-managed Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.
After World War II, scientific research in the U.S. was well supported. In the 1960s, when I came to America, the sky was the limit, and this conducive atmosphere enabled many of us to pursue esoteric research that resulted in America winning the lion's share of Nobel Prizes.
America was and still is able to make the necessary changes to maintain research institutions that are the envy of the world.
Investing in science education and curiosity-driven research is investing in the future.
In the 1960s, I personally lived the resounding impact of President Nasser's vision of constructing Aswan's High Dam as a 'national project' for controlling the Nile irrigation and the production of electricity.
The youth movement is aware that old visions can not take Egypt into the future.
Investment in education and economic prosperity is the best way to cure fanaticism and for establishing a just peace in the Middle East.
Like everywhere in the world, people of the Middle East aspire to liberty and justice. They wish to have a better life and a decent education for their children.
Mubarak came to power as a hero who fought bravely in Egypt's wars and headed the nation's air force.
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