Sameera Moussa: Egypt’s Nuclear Physicist Who Dreamed of Cheaper Cancer Treatment

Sameera Moussa: Egypt’s Nuclear Physicist Who Dreamed of Cheaper Cancer Treatment

She once declared she’d make nuclear treatment “as cheap and available as Aspirin” — and she meant it. Sameera Moussa wasn’t just a brilliant physicist; she was a visionary who believed atomic energy could heal rather than harm. At a time when the world was still reeling from the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and when few women, let alone Arab women, were seen in scientific laboratories, Moussa broke through barrier after barrier. Born …