Nature Middle East | House of Wisdom
Why FameLab matters
I have often visited the prestigious Cairo University grand hall to attend lectures or talks by prominent researchers and politicians – including Barack Obama on his first trip to an Arab state after he became the US president. Early this week, I found myself sitting there in the front rows again, but instead of world-renowned figures, it was dozens of young undergraduates and postgraduates taking the stage for the first leg of the FameLab Egypt competition.
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