Haitham, Al-Karaji and others. Prof. Varshavsky singled out the name of his colleague, Ahmed Zewail, a great Egyptian physical Chemist and Nobel Laureate at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. "In Biology, a deer, a microbe and a human being are equally worthy of noting and understanding," he noted. On conclusion of the ceremony, the Minister of Defense graced a banquet hosted in his honor on this occasion.