TechAbed Hamdan on 18 Nov 2006 02:51 pm
In case you don’t know who Taher El Gamal is
I’ve noticed that most Egyptians are only aware of Ahmad Zewail as a noticable famous scientist because of his Nobel prize in Chemistry.
If you haven’t heared of the outstanding Egyptian-American cryptographer Taher El Gamal, then I suggest you go read his biography here.
The ElGamal algorithm is now used in the free GNU Privacy Guard software, recent versions of PGP, and other cryptosystems.
on 18 Nov 2006 at 6:59 pm # Anonymous
Well Abed, there is hundreds of Arabs in the United States and Europe that developed many algorithms and ideas that are beacons in industry and science.. But of course this is not tantamount to Nobel Prize research quality (i.e. Zewail’s work). Taher El-Gamal is one of the pioneers in cryptography and coding… thanks for sharing.
on 18 Nov 2006 at 7:15 pm # Terry Scott
Best place to send this is to Jim Zogby of Arab American Institute where there is an ongoing work to list “famous” Arab Americans (http://www.aaiusa.org/arab-americans/23/famous-arab-americans) Why not send them your link.
Their site is at http://www.aaiusa.org/
on 18 Nov 2006 at 11:36 pm # sharifo
All Respect for all our forgotten brilliant people,,or the unpreciated in their homelands…
We salam khas la mokhtare3 khaltet el falafel..ween ma kan..we be ay zaman kan as well !!
on 19 Nov 2006 at 8:22 am # Sou
Ta7ya Masr!!!!
on 20 Nov 2006 at 6:34 am # Anonymous
thu I didn’t understand what he does exactly seems complicated yalla great
on 20 Nov 2006 at 6:46 am # Abed. Hamdan
Sami Majeed:
thank you. Yes there are many Arabs doing great work abroad, and I hope one day people here appreciate there work.
Terry Scott:
thank you! I will send them the link unless they already know about him.
Sharifo:
LOOL, you know, I heared that most of our food (falafel, shawarma, ..) origin is either Greek or Turkish!! lol
Sou:
tab3an
SimSim:
he developed an algorithm that is the basis of many programs used in networks security
on 20 Nov 2006 at 10:52 am # Anonymous
I C
law mesh kol hmoom eldenyaa foo2 ros el3arab eeeeh ben3ajebbb
on 20 Nov 2006 at 11:16 am # Abed. Hamdan
SimSim:
by the way, there are many Arabs abroad have great acheivements. many professors are my university have patents, and some of them worked in NASA, Qualcomm, Sprint, AT&T.
on 20 Nov 2006 at 1:23 pm # Ola
Cryptographer! how interesting!
on 21 Nov 2006 at 3:20 am # Anonymous
There are plenty of those bright Arab minds in the US they don’t allow them to publish their inventions b esem baladhom!
Al Gamal’s algorithm LOL cool
on 21 Nov 2006 at 12:14 pm # I love Munich
Cryptography … Algorhythms - this stuff fascinates me! Thanks for sharing that Abed … I had never heard his name even!!
on 23 Nov 2006 at 2:52 am # blackr0se
Abboude hi
mesh jdide ya3ne 
long time didnt passy by u and im truly glad to see such a nice notice abt this respectfull man
this man who is an honour for arab people around the world didnt get what he deserves from propaganda or even estimation,anyway this is what comes when arab people get international estimation
thanks for sharing Abboude
be well my friend
on 23 Nov 2006 at 4:26 am # Noor
really great! I never knew about him,, i only knew Ahmad Zewail. thank u dear for sharing this valuable information.
on 23 Nov 2006 at 8:10 am # vagueraz
nice post … u remind me b security Course ….
sho 5atarlak toktob 3no?
on 25 Nov 2006 at 2:04 am # Qwaider قويدر
YES … Abed … Awesome
I’ve been talking about the guy for years. And no one seems to pay attention. Through my work with cryptosystems, encryption etc .. He comes as one of the most notable scholars of his time
Wanna know something even better? Most of his stuff was done in th 80’s! Imagine? the 80’s before encryption became a common household name.
Anyway, his work doesn’t just appear in open source applications, But in heavyweight applications from RSA and Verisign .. Amazingly noteworthy.
on 26 Nov 2006 at 1:46 pm # Abed. Hamdan
Ola:
yes it is, and he’s very famous
Weddo:
no Al gamal, it’s “ElGamal” , in Egyptian accent
I Love Munich:
I’m, unlike you, not fond of cryptography itself, it’s pure..im just interested in their applications
Black r0se:
hey! thanks for dropping by
on 26 Nov 2006 at 1:48 pm # Abed. Hamdan
Noor:
you’re welcome, you should know him now
VagueRaz:
I saw Dr.Bashkeer, that’s how I remembered ElGamal
Qwaider:
great information qwaider, and I wonder why people don’t know him, I know my professionals who haven’t heared of him either!
on 23 Dec 2006 at 4:29 pm # Anonymous
It really pisses me off, how the cryptography field is dominated by Israelis.
It’s really great to see an Egyptian cryptographer.
on 21 May 2007 at 7:23 pm # Taher Elgamal
It is nice to see this dialog — thanks everyone.
Taher
on 21 May 2007 at 7:45 pm # Abed Hamdan
Anonymous:
science have no nationality or religion
Taher Elgamal:
WOW!!
I’m honored!! I’m too honored that you passed by my humble web space!!!
You’re one of my role models, and I would like to thank you very much for passing by. So kind of you professor