Ahmed Zewail Quotes

The mosque was the neighbourhood house of worship, but it was also the place where my high school friends and I came to study.

Ahmed Zewail

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• The mosque was the neighbourhood house of worship, but it was also the place where my high school friends and I came to study.

  

  Ahmed Zewail
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  • Friends
  • High