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UNIT 1

º Nabawiya Musa : ( early 20^th century feminist / educationalist )

Nabawiya Musa is famous because she was the first Egyptian woman to go to high school. When she became older she helped other women to succeed in education and work. In 1908, she wrote a book about girls’ education. Later she became the headmistress of Al-Mohammadia school for girls’.

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º Dr Zahi Hawass : ( archaeologist )

Dr Zahi Hawass is one of the most famous archaeologists in the world. He often speaks on radio and television. He sometimes writes in a magazine called “Egypt Today”. He wants to bring ancient things back to Egypt from museums outside Egypt. Egyptian people don't see these things if they are in other countries. Dr Hawass would like the Rosetta Stone to be in Egypt.

It only rains every 20-50 years in the Western Desert. However, two million years ago very heavy rain fell there and a huge quantity of water collected under the desert sand. Today, we need this water and the person we have to thank for finding it is one of Egypt's most famous men, Dr Farouk El-Baz. & Remote sensing Dr Farouk El-Baz, who is a space scientist and a geologist, is the Director of Remote Sensing at Boston University in the USA. He is the world's greatest expert in remote sensing: the use of satellites to find water under deserts. Underground water was found in the Western Desert and in Sinai thanks to photographs which he took from satellites. & Space projects From 1967 to 1973, Dr El-Baz, worked on the American Apollo space project, which landed men on the moon. He gave advice on where the astronauts should land, and told them how to collect rocks and soil on the moon. Dr EI-Baz was born in Zagazig in 1938 and was educated at Ain Shams University.

º Ramy Ashour wins in Canada

In January 2007, Egypt's internationally famous squash player, Ramy Ashour, won an important championship in Canada. But what do we know about this young man? Ramy was born in Cairo in September, 1987. At the age of 16, he became the youngest player to win the Men's World Junior Squash Championship. In 2006, he won the championship again. In the Hong Kong 2006 Championship, he was second. He lost to another Egyptian player, Amr Shabana. Ramy's older brother, Hisham Ashour, is also an expert squash player.

º Dr. Ahmed Zewail

Ahmed Zewail was born in 1946 in Egypt where he grew up. He went to Alexandria University. He finished his studies in the United States In 1974.After this, Dr Zewail worked at the University of California. In 1976 he became a professor at the California Institute of Technology. In 1997,at the age of 52,DrZewail won the Benjamin Franklin Prize because he discovered the femto second, which is one millionth of one billionth of a second. Many scientists, students and important people came to the ceremony and saw Dr Zewail receive his prize. Two years later, Dr Zewail got the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Dr Zewail now lives in California and has four children. His wife, Dema Zewail, is a doctor. He now helps scientists to make new medicines.

Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. In 1969 he landed on the moon. Neil Armstrong went to the moon with Buzz Aldrin. They stayed on the moon for nearly 90 minutes the first day .The next day they collected rocks and soils ,took a lot of photographs and sent back more television pictures to the earth.

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º Dr Samira Moussa : ( Nuclear Scientist )

º Naguib Mahfouz : (Nobel Laureate / Author)









1- Astronaut رائد فضاء

- Someone who travels and works in space.( space man)



2- Geologist : عالم جيولوجى

- A scientist who studies what the earth is made of, how it was made and how it has changed over time.

OR someone who studies rocks and their history.



3- Headmistress : ( female) ناظرة

- A teacher who is a woman and the leader of a school.






4- Headmaster : ( male) ناظر

- A teacher who is a man and the leader of a school.



5- Archaeologist : عالم أثار

- A person who studies buildings and tools from the past.



6- Jewellery : مجوهرات

- Things that people wear round their neck, fingers, etc.

- Things that is made of gold can be very expensive.



7- Statue : تمثال

- A shape, sometimes a person or animal, made of stone or metal.



8- Ancient : (مرتبط بحضارة قديمة) قديم

- Very old, historical.



9- Soil : التربة الزراعية

- The layer on the earth in which plants grow.



10- Space : الفضـــاء


- The area outside the earth's atmosphere.



11- Underground (adj) : تحت الأرض - جوفى

- Under the surface of the earth.



12- The underground (n) :مترو الأنفاق

- The metro.





13- Junior : مسابقة للشباب

- A kind of competition for young people.



14- Expert :خبيـر

- Someone who knows a lot about a subject or is, very good at something.


- A person with special skill or training.



15- Photography :التصوير الفوتوغرافى

- Taking pictures with a camera.



16- Professional : محترف

- Doing something as a job or for money



17- Major : رئيسى/ أساسى

- Big, very important



18- Quiz : مسابقة

- Game where people answer questions.

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