About Sameera Moussa
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. At the insistence of her father, Moussa attended Kaser El-Shok primary school, one of the oldest schools in Cairo. In 1939, Moussa obtained a BSc in radiology with first class honors after researching the effects of X-ray radiation on various materials.
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