To make forget its failures, the Egyptian regime mediatized fake scientists who would have made first-rate discoveries and received prestigious international prizes.
In 2016, when the Egyptian researcher Ahmed Zewail, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, died in 1999, the Egyptian media found nothing better than to invite a teenager presented as the "little genius of Egypt" . Named Walid Abadi [13], he did not hesitate to comment on the announcement of the death of the great scientist stating: "Zewail is dead, but science is alive and will not die." And to add in all modesty that it is he who will take up the torch.
This young boy has been popularized by the media as a gifted inventor, discovering a cure for cancer by ultrasound and a way to break secret codes of missiles. He was invited to the sets and he was awarded prizes. The Egyptian Parliament, Damanhour University [in the Nile Delta] and the Military Technical Faculty honored him for his supposed
[...]
courrierinternational.com
In 2016, when the Egyptian researcher Ahmed Zewail, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, died in 1999, the Egyptian media found nothing better than to invite a teenager presented as the "little genius of Egypt" . Named Walid Abadi [13], he did not hesitate to comment on the announcement of the death of the great scientist stating: "Zewail is dead, but science is alive and will not die." And to add in all modesty that it is he who will take up the torch.
This young boy has been popularized by the media as a gifted inventor, discovering a cure for cancer by ultrasound and a way to break secret codes of missiles. He was invited to the sets and he was awarded prizes. The Egyptian Parliament, Damanhour University [in the Nile Delta] and the Military Technical Faculty honored him for his supposed
[...]
courrierinternational.com
