"The Muslim Brotherhood and the Salifist parties are a real force in the Egyptian society. No civil, liberal government can succeed, even after new elections, if the Islamists are forced to work underground as a foe and the country remains divided."
Ahmed Zewail was an Egyptian-American chemist and Nobel laureate. He received the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pioneering femtochemistry. He was also a science policy advisor and educator in the United States.