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born February 26, 1946 in Damanhour, Egypt
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went to Berkeley, excited by the new opportunities
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became a naturalized citizen of the United States
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he got married and engaged in the same year to Dema Fahem
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His father died
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father of femtochemistry, he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in this field in 1999
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elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS)
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Voyage Through Time: Walks of Life to the Noble Prize
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received the Albert Einstein World Award of Science for "his pioneering development of the new field of femtoscience and for his seminal contributions to the revolutionary discipline of physical biology"
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avant-garde book edited by Nobel Laureate Ahmed Zewail with contributions from eminent scientists including four Nobel prize winners.
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In Cairo University , US President Barack Obama announced a new Science Envoy program as part of a "new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world."
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published an opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times urging the U.S. government to remain constructively engaged with Egypt
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died from cancer
