Dr Adly Hassanein Hella remembering Professor Ali Mustafa Mosharafa

The Great Egyptian Legend Professor Ali Mustafa Mosharafa

 

“I cannot believe that Mosharafa is dead, he is alive through his researches. We are in need of his talents, it is a great loss, and he was a genius. I used to follow up his researches in atomic energy; definitely he is one of the best scientists in physics.”
By these words Albert Einstein expressed his sorrow on the death of his friend and colleague Mustafa Mosharafa.


Mosharafa was born on the 11th of July, 1898 in Damietta. Members of his family were known of their piety and interest in science. His father was a religious scholar who belonged to the school of Jamal Al-Din Al-Afghani and Mohammed Abdou, so he was raised from his early beginning in deep relation with the Quran and since his childhood he used to link science with the presence of God.

Mustafa was the youngest student in his class, but the most knowledgeable. His teachers used to call him “Sir” for his profound knowledge and character. He obtained his primary certificate in 1910 ranking first nationwide although his father died one month before his exams. At the age of 16 he obtained his Baccalaureate in 1914, being the youngest student at that time to be awarded such a certificate. He preferred to enroll in the Teachers’ College rather than the faculties of Medicine or Engineering due to his deep interest in mathematics. He graduated in 1917. Due to his excellence in mathematics, the Egyptian Ministry of Education sent him to England where he obtained BSc (Honors) from the University of Nottingham, then the Egyptian University consented to grant Mosharafa another scholarship to complete his doctorate. During his stay in London many of his scientific researches were published in prominent scientific magazines. He obtained a PhD in 1923 from the Royal College of London in the shortest possible time permissible according to the regulations there. In 1924 he was awarded Doctorate of Science DSc (the greatest academic degree in Sciences), the first Egyptian and 11th scientist in the entire world to obtain such degree.

When the Egyptian University was opened in 1925, he became an assistant professor of mathematics in the Faculty of Science because he was under the age of 30, the minimum age required for fulfilling the post of a professor. His promotion to professor was raised in the Parliament chaired, then, by Saad Zaghloul. The Parliament lauded his qualifications and merits which surpassed those of the English dean of the faculty. In 1926 he was promoted to Professor.
He was the first Egyptian professor of applied mathematics, the Faculty of Science. Then he became dean of the faculty in 1936.
The American broadcast announced him as one of seven scientists in the world who knew the secrets of atom structure. He also wrote a book on the theory of relativity translated into English, French and German. It was reprinted in the USA. He produced around 15 scientific books about relativity, mathematics, atom and space invasion. His most important books are: – - We and Science – Science and Life – Atom and Atomic Bomb – Scientific Claims – Engineering in Pharaohs Times.
Mosharafa was one of the distinguished few who were in close contact with the great scientist Einstein, as he enriched Einstein’s theory on relativity.
He was keen on disseminating public scientific awareness, and wrote several articles and books for the public about science in simple forms, he also contributed in a lot of social organizations.

“Egypt & Europe Magazine” published a cartoon of him standing between Russia and the USA holding in his hands rolled paper, and both super-powers awaiting him to unfold the secrets of science. Mustafa believed that the Egyptian desert is rich in uranium and he considered the desert to be the second richest source after the river Nile of national income and raw materials.

He participated in establishing the students and professors association, he was one of its activists until he became its president , he made it like a parliament including within it the best amongst students and professors , giving amazing examples for freedom of speech and how different issues could be discussed in a civilized manner.

He accepted, for the first time, students from other Arabic countries and he said “the national restrictions and sexual discrimination is nothing but satanic ways used to distribute hatred and envy between the harmonic hearts “. In the year 1950 Mustafa Mosharafa died in unclear circumstances that point to be murdered by the hands of the global Zionist movement whose reaction was not much different towards his clever student Dr. Sameera Moussa.

His sayings:
-“Work with your brothers for God”
-“In my country there is a generation in need for me”
-“The government that neglects the atomic studies, neglects the defense of their homeland”
-“The principal of equal opportunities is the only measure that satisfies me “

May God bless Dr Mosharafa in heaven; he was a perfect example for how a scientist should be. He always dedicated his knowledge to his Lord and he did his best for his country. He was a star that we need to follow.
He was Mustafa Mosharafa.

Dr Adly Hassanein Hella remembering Sameera Moussa: The Egyptian Nuclear Scientist

Sameera Moussa: World-renowned Egyptian Nuclear Scientist

There are so few female scientists in the world, and particularly in Africa, that I had to talk about Sameera Moussa, the world-renowned Egyptian nuclear scientist. Sameera Moussa held a doctorate in atomic radiation, specializing on making the medical use of nuclear technology affordable to all. She organized the Atomic Energy for Peace Conference and sponsored a call for setting an international conference under the banner “Atom for Peace,” where many prominent scientists were invited. The conference made a number of recommendations for setting up a committee to protect against nuclear hazards, for which she strongly advocated.

Sameera was born in the Gharbia Governorate in Egypt in 1917. After she lost her mother to cancer, she vowed to study how to better medicine through science. She went on the join the faculty of Sciences at the University of Cairo, where she earned a BSc in Radiology in 1939, with first class honors. She became a remarkable faculty, and the first woman to hold a university post. Being the first to obtain a Ph.D. degree in atomic radiation, she earnestly sought to make nuclear treatment to everyone. She used to say: “I’ll make nuclear treatment as available and as cheap as aspirin.” She worked hard for this purpose and throughout her intensive research, she came up with a historic equation that would help break the atoms of cheap metals such as copper, ultimately paving the way for a cheap nuclear bomb. Sameera also volunteered to help treat cancer patients at various hospitals especially since her mother went through a fierce battle against this disease.

Later on, Sameera received a Fullbright scholarship to study at modern research facilities at the California University. In recognition for her pioneering nuclear research, she was given permission to visit the secret US atomic facilities. The visit raised vehement debate in the United States Academic and Scientific circles since Sameera was the first “alien” to have access to such facilities.

She turned down several offers that required her to live in the United States and be granted American citizenship, saying “Egypt, my dear homeland, is waiting for me.” On August 5th, 1952 after her first visit to America she intended to return home, but was invited on another trip. On the way, the car rushed down from a height of 40 feet, which killed her immediately. The mystery surrounding her accident, since the invitation to California, made people suspicious and many believe that it was a planned assassination.

Her death is shrouded in conspiracy. In ’52, she was invited on a trip to an atomic facility whilst in the US. This invitation later turned out to be a fake and her driver was discovered to have been using a false identity. On the way to her supposed destination, her car plummeted from a height of 40 feet and she died almost immediately; the corpse of driver was missing as he presumably jumped from the car before impact. Unsurprisingly, many have banded this ‘accident’ a planned assassination, some pointing fingers at the Israeli Mossad.

Today, Sameera has been awarded several prizes (the 1953 honor by the Egyptian Army, and the 1981 Order of Science and Arts by , but most importantly she has paved the way for Egyptian and African women scientists. It feels so great to know that back in the 1930s, and 1950s, when there were people like Enrico Fermi, Albert Einstein, Maria Gobstopper-Mayer, there was also Sameera Moussa, an outstanding Egyptian Female scientist who thought of ‘Atoms for Peace’ and wanted cheap treatments for all.

Muslim Ban is " un-American and unconstitutional "

I am proud to be an American and Islam is my religion

While some among us attempt to delude themselves into thinking that we live in a post-racial society, with each passing day it become abundantly clearer that this concept is a farce. Racial tensions are increasing throughout the nation, and negative attitudes towards minorities have exacerbated substantially, with many thanks due to those who misuse religious principles to gain political power while simultaneously backing racist arguments and ideas.

For example, take hate-mongering administrative and senior advisory team of the newly elected republican president Donald Trump who for their nasty hidden agenda have attracted large evangelical Christian followers and far-right white supremacists just to destroy more than 60 years of American civil liberty success story? Many of us watch the ceremonies surrounding the presidential executive orders on Muslim ban and are left scratching our heads, trying to understand what about profanity and hate speech is so enticing to devoted members the Christian faith.

While the exact scope and meaning of the executive order continues to be deciphered, on its face and as applied to date, Trump's order appears to violate several international treaties ratified by the US, some provisions of which have been incorporated into US law and cited as binding by the US Supreme Court. In particular, the order seems to fly in the face of the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees which updated the post-World War II Refugee Convention of 1951, and other international human rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, religion, or national origin.

One of the reasons international law is so valuable is because the international community of nations has developed it as protection against such abuses, both in our country and around the world, often in the name of national security. International law has learned from the past and made explicit that none of these violations can be excused by an appeal to national security, nor should they be permitted by an appeal to xenophobia.

The United Nations Refugee Convention requires that the US provide protection and safe haven to those facing persecution. By shutting the door to refugee admissions whether temporarily or indefinitely, Trump's order flagrantly violates that core obligation. This order also breaks with the long US tradition and history (with some abhorrent exceptions that should never be repeated) of opening its doors to refugees.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees and International Migration Organization noted this proud tradition in a joint statement in reaction to the executive order. "The long-standing US policy of welcoming refugees has created a win-win situation: it has saved the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world who have in turn enriched and strengthened their new societies," the statement read. "The contribution of refugees and migrants to their new homes worldwide has been overwhelmingly positive."

President Trump has further publicly and falsely stated that his order will protect our national security. But the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, acknowledging states' legitimate interests in maintaining public security and combating terrorism, has warned against the effects of making exceptions, or, in his words, "the erosion of long-standing refugee protection principles". While the order doesn't bar all Muslims from entering the US, barring immigration entry from seven majority-Muslim countries, especially when paired with his national security team's record of Islamophobia, leaves no doubt that Muslims are the target of this order. While Trump's order places a moratorium on refugee admissions and an indefinite halt on resettling refugees from Syria, the order leaves an exception for "religious minorities". And while the order's language is neutral, the president stated in a recent interview with the Christian Broadcasting Company that he wants to provide priority to Christian refugees.

But President Trump's un-American and unconstitutional action doesn't just violate the Refugee Convention - it flies in the face of other sources of international law that bind us. The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, or ICERD, to which the US is bound, requires states parties to "guarantee the right of everyone, without distinction as to race, color, national or ethnic origin, to equality before the law."

US violations of this treaty precede the Trump administration, and have already been so flagrant and obvious that nearly identical concerns were addressed by the ICERD's committee after 9/11. The Committee expressed concern at the US government's discriminatory anti-terrorism measures and remarked that "measures taken in the fight against terrorism must not discriminate, in purpose or effect, on the grounds of race, color, descent, or national or ethnic origin."

The one must wonder if the Republicans are getting paid to write propaganda for ISIS. Anyone works for ISIS would probably consider cutting the republican leadership a check or at least a thank you card for all the hard work they’ve been doing, helping create the narrative that the United States is so anti-Muslim, so consumed with hatred with all things Islam, that they can’t even tell the difference between bad guys like ISIS and the victims who are trying to find safety, i.e. the Syrian refugees. If I were trying to stoke the Us vs. Them narrative that ISIS uses to recruit people to join their apocalyptic war-mongering cult, I would argue that “the West” hates the ordinary Muslim as much as the ISIS fighter, so you might as well be the latter. But why should ISIS bother writing that propaganda, when Republicans are willing to do it for them?

The rush on the right to blame the Syrian refugees for the attacks in Europe has been breathtaking in its racism, and thoughtlessness. The excuse for the hysteria is that ISIS could be hiding wannabe terrorists in the ranks, and that justifies keeping them all out. This argument makes no sense, of course. Most, if not all, of the terrorists in Europe were European nationals. Meanwhile, the refugees are people who are trying to survive and many of them are trying not to be forced to fight. Blaming them only makes sense if you have an irrational fear and hatred of Muslims.

Of course, a lot of Americans, particularly in the conservative base, do have an irrational fear and hatred of Muslims, and so Republicans—who clearly see civil war, terrorism, and a humanitarian crisis mostly as an opportunity to score political points with the base—are pandering as hard as they can. Republican governors are rushing forward to say they will not allow Syrian refugees to enter their states. Most Republican presidential candidates picked up the same message, that the way to fight ISIS is to refuse its victims shelter.

While the cover story is fear of sleeper agents, the rhetoric shows that the real purpose of this is to stoke hatred of Muslims and feed the Christian right’s narrative about how this is a war between Christianity and Islam, starting with the argument, originating with Ted Cruz, that it would be okay to take in Christian refugees, but not Muslim ones.
Mike Huckabee went on Fox News and, in a stunningly overt bit of racism, sneered, “It’s time to wake up and smell the falafel.” Get it? They eat “weird” food and so they shouldn’t be allowed to live here! Did you know that many of these people have seen entire city blocks wiped out with bombs and have watched loved ones die in front of their eyes? But, weird food!

Chris Christie bragged that New Jersey won’t even accept “orphans under age 5.” Because this is not and never was about legitimate fears of terrorism, but about stoking right-wing hatred of Muslims, even those who aren’t even old enough for school yet.
Many experts rushed forward to immediately explain that states don’t have a right to simply ban huge swaths of legal immigrants from living in their state, but it’s doubtful that any of these governors actually intended to try. It’s all posturing for the cameras, showing the conservative base that you hate and fear Muslims just as much as they do.
Luckily for ISIS, the propaganda that works for the Christian right works just as perfectly for ISIS! The only people who want a “clash of civilizations” between Christianity and Islam more than conservative Christians is ISIS, which is, at its heart, an apocalyptic cult that wants to conquer the non-believers, both non-Muslims and Muslims who have a different take on Islam than ISIS fundamentalists do. So, let us give big ups from ISIS to every conservative who feeds the ISIS narrative with their hysterical anti-Muslim bleating.

A lot of ISIS propaganda bashes refugees, telling them that true Muslims should move to the caliphate. Luckily for ISIS, Christian conservatives agree that the Syrian refugees should go home. It is a Fact that ISIS and the Republicans are working together to terrorize Syrian refugees. Nothing brings disparate people together like hate, I guess.
ISIS holds some territory, but at its heart, it’s an idea: A twisted interpretation of Islam, coupled with an aggressive plan of terrorism and conquest. ISIS fights with bombs and guns made by the west, sure, but its main weapon is propaganda. The strategy is to convince people, mostly oppressed Muslims, to buy into the ISIS bullshit about some epic world-changing showdown, which definitely involves the West vs. ISIS. And so Republicans are giving them a gift: The more hate they pile on Muslims, the easier it is for ISIS to argue to potential recruits that peace is not possible and so all-out war is all there is left.

The way to fight propaganda is to get smart, persuasive counter-messages out there. The United States needs to get the word out that ISIS kills Muslims (which they do, in great numbers), but the U.S. helps save Muslim lives. The best way to do this is to take in Syrian refugees and to be faithful to its longstanding policy as the leader of the free world and the founder of the bill of rights. It’s not just the right thing to do, but it’s just smart politics. It shows that we reject, whole-heartedly, the ISIS narrative about clash of civilizations, and that we want peace and unity between peace-loving people everywhere. We can’t accomplish this goal while refusing to treat Syrian refugees like human beings in need of help, which is what they are.

If you care about breaking ISIS up and reducing violence, the first step is to take Syrian refugees gladly, to show that we are better and more moral and more peaceable than our enemies. Republicans refuse to do this; instead feeding the ISIS propaganda machine and helping them recruit more people with their hate. Looking over the landscape, it’s hard not to conclude that given a choice between saving lives—not just Muslim lives, but the American lives that will be lost if this conflict escalates—and scoring political points against the Democrats, they will score their points rather than save lives.

The international community has seen this before, and it has wisely created mechanisms to stop history from repeating itself. International companies, academic institutions, and even the international air transport association have raised serious concerns regarding the detrimental impact of the order on their staff and ability to conduct business. Even Trump's own employees took a bold and public stance against the ban.

Trump's Muslim ban has enraged world leaders and was condemned by UN officials. The secretary general of the UN, Antonio Guterres, said that Trump's executive actions "violate our basic principles … [and] are not effective if the objective is to indeed avoid terrorists to enter the United States."

Additionally, several UN human rights experts issued a joint statement blasting Trump's immigration ban as discriminatory and in violation of US human rights obligations. It shouldn't take the chancellor of another country or the top refugee and human rights officials in the world to tell President Trump that fear and xenophobia are no excuse for discrimination.
But if he won't listen to the UN or Chancellor Merkel or concerned companies, academic institutions, transport associations, human rights organizations, and over 100 diplomats, maybe he should listen to former US President Ronald Reagan, supposedly a hero of his. In 1980, a year after the Refugee Act was signed into law, the new president, just a few months into his presidency, re-affirmed the US' commitment to welcome the exiled.
"We shall continue America's tradition as a land that welcomes peoples from other countries," he said. "We shall also, with other countries, continue to share in the responsibility of welcoming and resettling those who flee oppression."

My Iraq Experience in 2003 دكتور عدلى حسنين حله فى العراق

My Iraq Experience in 2003

  My deployment to Iraq in 2003/4 by USAID and The Department of Defense (DoD) as a human rights and democracy education Advisor changed me in many ways. It opened my eyes to poverty, oppression, and human need. I saw Iraqi children standing barefoot on the burning sand of the desert. I saw old villagers afraid of both American soldiers and terrorist extremist groups. I saw families of Americans providing toys, school supplies and clothing to poor Iraqis. I saw bravery, kindness, and evil on both sides up close. I saw suffering on a scale I had never encountered before during my 30 plus years as US Government and United Nations development expert all over the world.

People asked me whether I made a difference being deployed or sent to countries like Iraq, Bosnia, Yemen, Lebanon, Mali or Palestine I would say, “A very small difference, but if everyone makes a very small difference, in time it will make a large difference.” I have learned to strive for large differences, but to be content with small ones. Trying to be humane and just in a war is difficult, but it differentiates us from despots, dictators and hate groups. I am proud I serve in institutions with rules of engagement that seek to protect innocent life without any distinction for race, religion, social association or sex orientation. I am proud to have served with people who joined our missions for the right reasons.

Many people ask questions about what I did in Iraq - was I in combat zone, did I wetness the killing of anybody, etc. While plenty of military personnel engage the enemy, there are more people like me in support roles than on the front line. These support personnel also risk their lives, but their tasks are different. Surprisingly, even support personnel can get Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - there are horrifying events and memories that can affect us as human beings. Vets want and need community, just like everybody else.

A person I admire is Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor in Nazi Germany who actively worked against the Nazi regime, which led to his execution in a concentration camp. He began as a pacifist, but then came to believe it was necessary to kill Adolf Hitler in order to stop the genocide of the Jews by the Nazis. If I could ask him a question, it would be what he thought about America today - he lived briefly in New York in the 1930’s, and I wonder what he would think of our society now after the shocking election of Donald Trump and his horrifying picks for the current administration.

So many vital issues! We must learn to work together to safeguard our world and each other; education is the key. Learning together, working together, playing together - these create relationships which allow us to live in peace together. Many people think people in the military want war. They are wrong Mr. President - almost all of us really want peace. It’s why I believe kind relationships create peace.

My wife and I are art and music lovers! And we raised our children to be a third culture kids with love and respect for all human and other beings. Nature, culture and beautiful music inspire us. My life is full of love; family, friends, and hope ... hope that I leave the world a better place for my children and grandchildren.
Will war ever end? ANSWER: I wish I had an answer to this question myself - it is certainly within humanity’s power to prevent it! However, evil has always existed and will probably always exist in our world, so I think some form of violence and warfare is the unfortunate result of the current administration, and we must prepare for it.

I am truly proud to be a Muslim because I know Islam is the right religion and I am on the right path. I am also proud to be an American because we’re all different and yet we’re alike in a lot of ways. Since the beginning, we’ve always been a nation that the world has looked to as a place where anything is possible; It is the land of the braves, it is the land of the “American Dream”. We have freedoms that people in other countries only dream about but we’re not without our flaws. We know how to make fun of ourselves during the good times… And support each other during the bad.