For me to sit down here, even as a Nobel Laureate and make a prediction about which science I think that will be a mistake.

For me to sit down here, even as a Nobel Laureate and make a prediction about which science I think that will be a mistake.

Human resources are just tremendous in Egypt but we need the science base.

When I was a child, I thought of my Delta town as the center of the universe, but now I realize how little I know about the universe. As a child, I thought I was immortal, but now I recognize how limited a time we all have. As a child, success meant scoring A on every exam, but now I take it to mean good health, close family and friends, achieve- ments in my work, and helping others.

I came from Egypt and I owe Egypt a lot to what I am now.

Invest in basic research and recruit the best minds.

I am not one of the new media experts working all the time with my computers and the PowerPoint's and things of that sort. So, I'm an old fashioned still in this regard but these are the moment where I really can be creative, if I am, to be left alone with just a book and piece of paper and to be thinking.