Awards and honours Zewail's work brought him international attention, receiving awards and honors throughout most of his career for his work in chemistry and physics. In 1999, Zewail became the first Egyptian to receive a science Nobel Prize when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Zewail gave his Nobel Lecture on "Femtochemistry: Atomic-Scale Dynamics of the Chemical Bond Using Ultrafast Lasers".
Awards and honours Zewail's work brought him international attention receiving awards and honors throughout most of his career for his work in chemistry and physics In 1999 Zewail became the first Egyptian to receive a science Nobel Prize when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Zewail gave his Nobel Lecture on "Femtochemistry Atomic-Scale Dynamics of the Chemical Bond Using Ultrafast Lasers"