Media
Media coverage and public engagement
Press coverage of my research and my public-engagement activities. Selected highlights appear on the curriculum vitae.
Media Coverage
| The 2026 Egypt Genome Project (EGP1K) preprint drew wide media coverage. I was interviewed and quoted about the project across the Arabic press, including Youm7 (اليوم السابع), El-Watan (الوطن), Al-Dostor (الدستور), Asharq Al-Awsat (الشرق الأوسط), and Al Jazeera (الجزيرة); the study was also covered in English by Egypt Today and Ahram Online. | ||
| The 2020 medRxiv preprint on finding SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the blood of COVID-19 patients was featured in News-Medical.Net | ||
| The 2019 Science Advances DNA-lacking mitochondria paper was featured in many science news outlets including Science News, EurekAlert!, Scoop Empire, Al Jazeera (الجزيرة), and Shorouk News (الشروق). | ||
| The 2018 Scientific Reports urinary tract infection paper was featured in a YouTube video | ||
| The 2017 PLOS Pathogens blood virome paper was discussed in several blogs including Virology Blog and npj Biofilms and Microbiomes and in different languages including Basque and Chinese | ||
| The 2016 PNAS paper was featured in Nature Reviews Genetics and PNAS and many other scientific blogs and science news portals. | ||
| The 2015 PNAS paper was featured in many popular science news bulletins and blogosphere such as Science Daily. | ||
| The 2013 PNAS paper was featured in a “Research highlight” in Nature Middle East. | ||
| The 2013 The Plant Cell (TPC) paper was featured in a “Commentary” in TPC. | ||
| The 2012 expedition of my former graduate student, Mariam Reyad Rizkallah, to the Arctic Ocean was featured in the Egyptian news portals Al-Ahram and Al-Bawaba and the Egyptian TV channel Nile Life. | ||
| The 2009 Science paper was featured in a “Perspective” in Science. | ||
| The 2008 PNAS paper was featured in many popular science news bulletins and blogosphere such as National Geographic and Science Daily. It was also featured on the PNAS cover. |
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Media Appearances
| Mehwar TV — 90 دقيقة | Guest expert on the Egypt Genome Project (EGP1K) (د. أحمد مصطفى يكشف كواليس مشروع الجينوم المصري) | April 2026 |
| Scientific American | لماذا سُحبت دراسة مصرية حول فاعلية عقار إيفرمكتين في علاج كوفيد-19؟ | July 27, 2021 |
| Scientific American | تحديات تواجه جهود التسلسل الجيني لفيروس «سارس-كوف-2» في مصر | May 26, 2021 |
| Scientific American | إطلاق اتحاد دولي لفهم أسباب الإصابة بباركنسون لدى الأفارقة | May 9, 2021 |
| Nature Middle East | Egypt’s SARS-CoV-2 sequencing challenges | May 7, 2021 |
| AUC Today | The Hugger’s Dilemma | March 16, 2021 |
| Scientific American | دراسة آلية إصلاح عيوب المادة الوراثية في كائن حي كامل | March 4, 2021 |
| SciDev.Net | Unlocking modern, ancient Egyptian DNA secrets | October 26, 2020 |