Historic Maspero Studio Named After Nobel Prize Winner Ahmed Zewail
The National Media Authority honours Nobel Laureate Zewail with a studio in his name and initiatives in scientific media.
Maspero’s historic Studio 45 will be renamed after Dr Ahmed Zewail, as part of a push to revive scientific journalism and improve public understanding of science, according to National Media Authority (NMA) President Ahmed El-Meslamani.
Alongside the renaming, NMA announced the launch of ‘Kalam fi El-Elm’ (‘Talks in Science’), a television programme hosted by biophysicist Dr Sameh Saad Ali, founding director of the Center for Aging Studies at Zewail City of Science and Technology.
Dr Ahmed Zewail received the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for breakthroughs in femtochemistry - the study of chemical reactions on extremely short timescales. He was the first Egyptian and first Arab to win the award.
El-Meslamani also announced an upcoming national symposium, 'The Present and Future of Scientific Media in Egypt', organised by the Maspero Center for Media Studies in collaboration with the Cultural Channel and Cultural Radio Programme. He said the initiatives aim to make reliable, non-specialist scientific content more accessible to younger audiences.
