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Egyptian nuclear physicist (1917-1952)

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  • My wish is that the nuclear treatment for cancer be as affordable and cheap as aspirin.

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Born
Sameera Moussa Ali , ( 1917-03-03 ) March 3, 1917, Zifta , Gharbia , Sultanate of Egypt
Died
August 15, 1952 (1952-08-15) (aged 35), Wyoming , United States
Resting place
Cairo , Egypt
Other name
Mother of Atomic Energy
Alma mater
Cairo University
Known for
Atoms for Peace
Awards
Order of Sciences and Arts
Fields
Nuclear Physics
Institutions
Cairo University

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date of birth
1917-03-03
date of death
1952-08-05
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transliteration or transcription
Samīra Mūsā
name in native language
سميرة موسى
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Sameera Moussa or Samira Musa Ali (Arabic: سميرة موسى; March 3, 1917 – August 15, 1952) was an Egyptian atomic scientist and physicist, she is the first female Egyptian nuclear physicist. Moussa held a doctorate in atomic radiation.

She hoped her work would one day lead to affordable medical treatments and the peaceful use of atomic energy. She organized the Atomic Energy for Peace Conference and sponsored a call that set an international conference under the banner "Atoms for Peace." She was the first woman to work at Cairo University.

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