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| Ahmed Mohamed: MIT, Facebook, Twitter and Google line-up to recruit bright US teenager | |
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| Tech giants MIT, Facebook, Twitter and Google are fighting over the teenager who was arrested after his teachers mistook his homemade clock for a bomb. | Tech giants MIT, Facebook, Twitter and Google are fighting over the teenager who was arrested after his teachers mistook his homemade clock for a bomb. |
| Ahmed Mohamed has received an outpouring of support after the incident at Texas’ MacArthur High School, which saw him handcuffed and taken to a juvenile detention centre. | Ahmed Mohamed has received an outpouring of support after the incident at Texas’ MacArthur High School, which saw him handcuffed and taken to a juvenile detention centre. |
| The 14-year-old Muslim had brought in the clock after assembling it from a piece of circuit board and other objects he had found in his father’s garage. | The 14-year-old Muslim had brought in the clock after assembling it from a piece of circuit board and other objects he had found in his father’s garage. |
| A teacher at the school thought Ahmed had actually brought a bomb into the classroom and its principal notified police, who have not charged the boy. | A teacher at the school thought Ahmed had actually brought a bomb into the classroom and its principal notified police, who have not charged the boy. |
| But the unpleasant experience has not come without a silver lining. | But the unpleasant experience has not come without a silver lining. |
| Hi @IStandWithAhmed, we [love] building things at @twitter too. Would you consider interning with us? We'd love it — DM us! #IStandWithAhmed | Hi @IStandWithAhmed, we [love] building things at @twitter too. Would you consider interning with us? We'd love it — DM us! #IStandWithAhmed |
| Leading US technology organisations are clamouring to recruit the innovative schoolboy. | Leading US technology organisations are clamouring to recruit the innovative schoolboy. |
| Top-rated university MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) made its pitch on live television when an MSNBC interview with Ahmed cut to Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, who works for the university’s physics department. | Top-rated university MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) made its pitch on live television when an MSNBC interview with Ahmed cut to Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, who works for the university’s physics department. |
| She said: “You are my ideal student. A creative, independent thinker like you is the kind of person who should be becoming a physicist.” | She said: “You are my ideal student. A creative, independent thinker like you is the kind of person who should be becoming a physicist.” |
| Ms Prescod-Weinstein invited Ahmed to visit MIT and said her former advisors at Harvard University also wanted to take him on a tour of their astrophysics facility. | Ms Prescod-Weinstein invited Ahmed to visit MIT and said her former advisors at Harvard University also wanted to take him on a tour of their astrophysics facility. |
| Offers have also come in from the social networking world. | Offers have also come in from the social networking world. |
| Hey Ahmed- we're saving a seat for you at this weekend's Google Science Fair...want to come? Bring your clock! #IStandwithAhmed | Hey Ahmed- we're saving a seat for you at this weekend's Google Science Fair...want to come? Bring your clock! #IStandwithAhmed |
| Writing on his Facebook page, its founder Mark Zuckerberg said: “Having the skill and ambition to build something cool should lead to applause, not arrest. The future belongs to people like Ahmed. | Writing on his Facebook page, its founder Mark Zuckerberg said: “Having the skill and ambition to build something cool should lead to applause, not arrest. The future belongs to people like Ahmed. |
| “Ahmed, if you ever want to come by Facebook, I’ve love to meet you. Keep building.” | “Ahmed, if you ever want to come by Facebook, I’ve love to meet you. Keep building.” |
| Twitter reached out to Ahmed by tweeting “We love building things at Twitter too. Would you consider interning with us? We’d love it – DM us!” | Twitter reached out to Ahmed by tweeting “We love building things at Twitter too. Would you consider interning with us? We’d love it – DM us!” |
| Google tweeted it was “saving a seat” for Ahmed at its science fair at the weekend, urging him to “bring your clock!” | Google tweeted it was “saving a seat” for Ahmed at its science fair at the weekend, urging him to “bring your clock!” |
| Nasa scientists have also offered the teenager visits to their labs. | Nasa scientists have also offered the teenager visits to their labs. |
| Speaking about his arrest, Ahmed told The Independent he felt he had “lost my innocence”. | Speaking about his arrest, Ahmed told The Independent he felt he had “lost my innocence”. |
| “I can never look at the world in the same way,” he said. | “I can never look at the world in the same way,” he said. |
| “I like science, but I look like a threat because of my brown skin.” | “I like science, but I look like a threat because of my brown skin.” |
| Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great. | Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great. |
| Ahmed’s father, Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, said he believed the incident was racially-motivated. | Ahmed’s father, Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, said he believed the incident was racially-motivated. |
| “My son is very upset. He wants to be like Einstein. He has so many ideas. He does not have an evil bone in him," he said. | “My son is very upset. He wants to be like Einstein. He has so many ideas. He does not have an evil bone in him," he said. |
| “I think it is because of Islamophobia and the [impact] of 9/11.” | “I think it is because of Islamophobia and the [impact] of 9/11.” |