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Lebanese student awarded for nuclear breakthrough
18 August 2010
SIDON: A Lebanese student was awarded by a reputable United States university over the results of pioneering scientific research.
Samih Mohammad Qabalan, 17, hailing from the town of Sheheem in Iqlim al-Kharoub, has conducted research into how to extend the lifetime of nuclear reactors.
Qabalan is a Grade 11 student at Rafik Hariri High School in the southern coastal city of Sidon.
During his scientific trip, Qabalan sketched a system by which the components of a nuclear reactor could be studied and developed, contributing to prolonging the lifetime of nuclear reactors.
Qabalan was awarded the person of the year medal by the Research Science Institute that operates with MIT.
He also received an appreciation certificate and his scientific research was registered in the university.
“It is a very nice feeling when you know that it is the first Arab individual to make such an achievement in 27 years,” Qabalan told The Daily Star.
“The [nuclear] world is a nice world … and we do not learn about it because we do not deal with nuclear power in Lebanon,” he added.
Qabalan noted that two other Lebanese were among the 73 competitors.
Asked about his next steps, Qabalan said he would join the general sciences section in his final school year. “I haven’t decided what I am going to major in [at university].”
He highlighted the presence of more than 50,000 Lebanese nationals in Boston.
“This indicates that the Lebanese individual excels everywhere,” he said.
Arabs are capable of succeeding in different fields if they are provided with a suitable atmosphere and stability. he added.
Upon his return to Lebanon, Qabalan was received along with his mother by Hariri at her residence in Majdalyoun.
The Sidon MP congratulated Qabalan for his achievement.
© Copyright The Daily Star 2010.
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Lebanon must harness the genius of this man and many like him and consider them a National Treasure before the West recruits him away. This type of scientific advancement is what the future of The entire Middle East should be targeted towards.
Oil and the wealth that comes from it is fleeting and sustainable scientific discoveries made by young Arab scientists are the only way towards any future.
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