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.

I do feel that there are tremendous amount of talent in Egypt, human resources.

I do feel quite strongly about this that probably one of the things that unfortunately this age now to get a Nobel Prize is to really use part of it to help the young people get excited about science.

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

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.

There are many, many books I've read and I think this is quite naïve actually because we all just try to uncover something. But the universe at large is full of questions that we still don't know anything about and there will be always young people brilliant who are going to make new discoveries.

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.