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.

You should have some time to think and that's very important.

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 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.

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

Syria is the proud heir of an ancient civilization that has a unique spectrum of minorities that encompasses Muslims and Christians of various denominations. There are at least ten such ethnic and religious groups.