Dr. Mohamed El-Baradi became the fourth Egyptian to take a Nobel prize along with the International Atomic Energy Agency
He took it as a head of this UN organization and of course the Prize is Nobel for Peace
I am very happy that he is the fourth Egyptian
Another victory for Egypt
He is the second to take Nobel Prize in Peace after the Late president Mohammed Anwer El-Sadaat
The Egyptian People who took were
1-Mohammed Anwer El-Sadaat -Nobel Prize for Peace -1979
2-Naguib Mahfoz-Nobel Prize in Literature -1988
3-Ahmed Zowale -Nobel Prize in Chemistry -1999 'Youngest scientist to take it'
4- Mohammed El-Baradi -Nobel Prize in Peace - 2005
Now we are the first Arabic country to have this load from the Nobel prize winners
I am so proud of El-Baradi ,Don you know that he is Cairo Univeristy graduate
another thing it is announced in Ramadan ,also Ahmed Zowale as I recall it received in Ramadan
Of course we are happy for him and his agency. They play an important role to keep this planet safe.
ReplyDeleteYou wrote this was "Another victory for Egypt"
I am not sure the Egyptian government can take credit what so ever for this. Although he is Egyptian, Egypt did not nominate him for the position but nominated another Egyptian who received only 19/35 votes. The African countries were who nominated Dr. El-Bardie who then got 35/35 votes.
This is according to Dr. Mostafa Elfaki. Read:
http://www.ahram.org.eg/Index.asp?CurFN=fron15.htm&DID=8634