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

I thought in my Nobel Lecture I pointed that I was delighted that the Swedish Academy of Science did not quote anything about my current work right now, because the current work that my group is focusing on is actually both the time resolve electrons and possibly x-rays to be able to get the architecture of these molecules, the molecular structures themselves, of very complex biological systems. That's the ultimate goal.

Think about the whole world of biological complex sciences. We still don't understand the way a protein folds the way it does.

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

I think the Nobel Prize helps for a number of reasons. Number one, if I can be frank, there is these people will feel by getting a Nobel Prize that I'm one of them, that it is possible to contribute on the world map of science and technology. And the other thing also which I'm hoping for is that the government in Egypt is willing and interested in promoting science and technology and this is an ideal time now to be able to do something.

I don't know all the reasons for these achievements, but I know that I love what I do and I have never wanted to rest on my laurels.

One of the things I enjoy most is to be left alone with a book.