Ahmed the Clockmaker is Moving to Qatar to Study
22 October, 2015KHARTOUM (SUDANOW) - The Sudanese-American boy arrested for bringing a homemade clock to his Texas school, that was mistaken for a bomb, is moving to Qatar after accepting a scholarship offer to study there.
Fourteen-year-old Ahmed Mohamed's family announced the move in a statement on Tuesday, a few hours after he was at the White House for an astronomy night hosted by President Barack Obama.
Mohamed accepted an offer from the Qatar Foundation to study in its Young Innovators Programme. "This means, that we, as a family, will relocate to Qatar where Ahmed will receive a full scholarship for secondary and undergraduate education," his family said in a statement.
Mohamed visited Doha earlier in the month and has been on a worldwide tour, visiting a number of foreign dignitaries, including Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
A statement released by the Qatar Foundation on Tuesday said the Young Innovators Programme "encourages recipients to follow their aspirations in education while fostering a culture of innovation and creativity".
Ahmed was detained on Sept. 14 when he showed a teacher at his school, MacArthur High, his homemade clock, which the teacher feared was a bomb. No charges were filed, but his detention provoked widespread accusations of racial profiling, sparking a larger discussion of Islam, immigration and ethnicity.
In a statement, Ahmed’s family said it was “overwhelmed by the many offers of support.” He has visited Saudi Arabia to perform Oumra, Google and met with leaders from Jordan, Turkey and Sudan. Visiting the White House on Monday, he hugged and spoke briefly to President Obama.
Source: Al-Jazeera & The New York Times
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