Dr. Farouk El-Baz: Curriculum Vitae

Biographical Articles

• "Arlingtonian Coaches Fliers on Moon Rocks" by Anne Behrens
  VIRGINIA SENTINEL, 18 February 1971, p. 1 and 6.
  
  
• "Space Age Geologist" by Jim Schefter
  TOPIC, Issue No. 65, 1972, p. 14-16.
  
  
• "Life Story of the Egyptian Lunar Scientist" (in Arabic) by Anis Mansour
  AKHER SAA, Cairo, Egypt, Vol. 2001, 28 February 1973, p. 38-44.
  
  
• "An Interview with Dr. Farouk El-Baz" (in Arabic) by Soliman Nasralla
  OIL CARAVAN, Dahran, Saudi Arabia, Vol. 8, No. 22, August 1974, p. 7-18.
  
  
• "Space-Age Immigrant" by Brainerd S. Bates
  ARAMCO WORLD MAGAZINE, Vol. 27, No. 6, November-December 1976, p.18-25.
  
  
• "From the Pyramids to the Moon" anonymous
  MISSOURI ALUMNUS, November-December 1977, p. 51.
  
  
• "Egyptian Geologist Champions Desert Research" by Constance Holden
  SCIENCE, Vol. 205, 28 September 1979, p. 1357-1360.
  
  
• "Arab-American Scientist Takes a Voyage of Discovery" anonymous
  VOICE, National Association of Arab Americans, Vol. 11, No. 11/12,
  November-December 1984, p. 15-19.
  
  
• "To Investigate Earth's Deserts, Dr. Farouk El-Baz Began on Mars" anonymous
  Rolex of Geneva, advertisement in numerous international publications, 1985.
  
  
• "Down-to-Earth Hopes for Lunar Scientist: Breaking Into the Dark Recesses of the Desert" by Jadranka Porter
  ARAB TIMES, 31 December 1986, p. 3.
  
  
• "An Egyptian Farmboy Conquers Space" (in Arabic) by Asem Rashwan
  SADA AL-USBOOA, Manama, Bahrain. Vol. 795, Tuesday 3 March 1987, p. 8-11.
  
  
• "Concord Scientist Adviser to Museum Omni Theater" by Sally Nelson
  THE CONCORD JOURNAL, Concord, Massachusetts
  Vol. 59, No. 17, Thursday 14 May 1987, p. 1 and 11.
  
  
• "Farouk El-Baz: Uncovering the Secrets of the Composition of the Earth" by Sandra Deden BOSTON UNIVERSITY TODAY, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
  October 9 to October 23, 1989, p. 9.
  
  
• "Interview: Farouk El-Baz" by Thomas Bass; photographs by Ruven Afanador
  OMNI, Vol. 13, No. 3, December 1990, p. 74-80+134.
  
  
• "Boston Geologist in Demand for Gulf Water Supply Efforts," by Charles A. Radin
  BOSTON GLOBE, Boston, Massachusetts, Monday, February 18, 1991, p. 15-17.
  
  
• "Taking the Long View" by Piney Kesting; photographs by Webb Chappell
  ARAMCO WORLD, Vol. 43, No. 2, March/April 1992, p. 12-13.
  
  
• "The Desert Healer" by Piney Kesting
  MOSAIC SECTION; The Middle East, January 1993, p. 45-47.
  
  
• "He Caught the Moon" by Kamal Naguib
  HORUS, July/September 1993, p. 20-21.
  
  
• "I Want my Son to be Proud" by Casey Kasem
  PARADE; Sunday, January 16, 1994, Summary biography of Farouk El-Baz, p.5-6.
  
  
• "Farouk El-Baz and a Reading of the Latest Satellite News" (in Arabic) by Hassan Fathy
  ULOUM WA TECHNOLOGIA, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait, Vol. 9, April 1994, p. 14-18.
  
  
• "The Mother of Invention? Freedom" by Peter Coy; Books: a review of "Reinventing the Future: Conversations with the World's Leading Scientists" by Thomas A. Bass, Addison-Wesley, New York, BUSINESS WEEK, May 2, 1994, p. 12.
  
  
• Farouk El-Baz: Picture the Desert" by Aziza Sami
  AL-AHRAM WEEKLY, Cairo, Egypt, 3-9, November 1994, p. 16.
  
  
• "Farouk El-Baz: Man of Distant Visions" anonymous, Round & About the University, BOSTONIA, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, Fall 1994, No. 2, p. 57-58.
  
  
• "Egyptian Stars in the International Sky: Dr. Farouk El-Baz" (in Arabic); anonymous
  ANBAA EL-WATAN, Ministry of Information, Cairo, Egypt, Vol. 12, January 1995, p. 38-39.

With children in his ancestral Nile Delta village of Toukh El-Aqlam

• "Dr. Farouk El-Baz: Ibn El-Dakahliya Al-Qadim min Al-Mustaqbal" (in Arabic: Biography of Dr. Farouk El-Baz: Son of Dakahliya Governorate Who Comes From the Future). General Directorate of Public Relations, DAKAHLIYA GOVERNORATE, Mansoura, Egypt, 1995, 175 p.
  Book includes the following chapters.
  Introduction: governor Ibrahim El-Sheikh, p. 8-9.
  Who is Farouk El-Baz: Mohamed El-Baz (Gen., Ret.), p. 11-26.
  Farouk El-Baz As I Know Him: Ambassador A. R. El-Reedy, p. 30-36.
  Farouk El-Baz and Egypt's Monuments: Dr. Zahi Hawass, p. 37-40 and 90-107.
  Dr. Farouk El-Baz That I Know: Dr. Wafik Meshref, p. 41-50.
  The C.V. of Farouk El-Baz: Dr. Adel Yehia, p. 51-61.
  Farouk El-Baz; An Encyclopaedic Thinker: Dr. Kamal El-Batanouny, p. 62-68.
  Dr. Farouk El-Baz and the Battle of June 5th, 1967: Dr. Rifat El-Remaisy, p. 69-72.
  Dr. Farouk El-Baz: Dr. Atef Dardir, p. 73-87.
  Always in his Mind... Problems of His Country: Anonymous, p. 88-89 and 108-164.
  Farouk El-Baz in the Press: Anonymous, p. 165-173.
  
  
• "Farouk El-Baz." (Arabic; in Aalim min Bilady) by Mohamed Mahmomed Abdel-Aziz
  Cultural Heritage Directorate; Cultural Excellence Series
  DAKHLIYA GOVERNORATE, 1996, p. 66-71.
  
  
• "Sage of the Sands" by Barbara Ross
  EGYPT TODAY, January 1996, Vol. 17, No. 1, p. 86-91 & 113.
  
  
• "Farouk El-Baz: Rafaat Usboee, Fa Asbahtu Mashhouran" (Arabic: I held up my hand, and became famous) by Mohamed Ali Saleh
  ARRAJOL, May 1996, Issue 49, p. 13-23+cover.
  
  
• "Farouk El-Baz: Michel T. Halbouty Human Needs Award" by Kevin Carleton
  AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists)
  BULLETIN, June, 1996, Vol. 80, No.6, p. 934-936.
  
  
• The Arab Scientist Farouk El-Baz: Interview" (Arabic) by Mohamed H. Talabi
  AL RAFED; Department of Culture and Information, Sharjah, U.A.E.
  Issue Number 13; October 1996, p. 88-92.
  
  
• "Tracing Water in the Great Sand Sea" anonymous
  ENVIRONMENT TODAY, Cairo, Egypt, Volume 3, September 1997, p. 12-13.
  
  
• "Our Scientists Abroad... Professor Doctor Farouk El-Baz" (in Arabic) anonymous
  AL-MAJALLA AL-ARABIYA LIL-OLOUM (Arab Journal of Science)
  Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALESCO) Tunis, Tunisia
  Volume 30 (15th Year), December 1997, p. 116-117.
  
  
• "Space Scientist Farouk El-Baz"
  Encyclopaedia of the Distinguished, by Mohamed Sadek
  Part II., p. 245-246
  ISBN 977-19-638-6, 1997
  Dar El-Tibaa El-Haditha, Cairo, Egypt
  
  
• "About Farouk El-Baz and an Interview" (in Arabic) by Mahmoud Bassiony
  AL MEGALLA ALZERAEYA (The Agricultural Magazine), Cairo, Egypt
  Year 40, Volume 470, January 1998, p. 6-8.
  
  
• "Close Encounters with the Desert Falcon" by Henry Jacob
  Photographs by Victoria Calaguian
  FRIDAY, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  March 6-12, 1998, p. 8-11.
  
  
• "Brother From Another Planet" by Maria Golia
  Photographs by Claude Stemmelin
  CAIRO TIMES, Volume 2, Issue 22
  24 December 1998, p. 14-15.
  
  
• "Dr. Farouk El-Baz" In Famous Modern Egyptians, anonymous
  Article and photographs and questions on p. 4
  School Book of Egyptian Students (10th Grade)
  Ministry of Education, Cairo, Egypt
  
  
• "Women in My Life" (in Arabic) by Reem Nour
  OSRATI Magazine, Shuwaikh, Kuwait, No. 1410, Vol. 36, March 2000, p. 26-28.
  
  
• "El-Baz Research Award"
  Article by Daniel Shaffer, editor
  TWAS NEWSLETTER, Volume 12, Number 1, p. 22
  Newsletter of the Third World Academy of Sciences
  Jan-Mar 2000
  Trieste, Italy
  
  
• "Astronauts carried the First Sura and Spoke Arabic from the Moon" (in Arabic)
  Fouad Nasralla
  AL YAMAMAH, Issue 1606, p. 46-49, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  20 May 2000
  
  
• "The Arab-Egyptian Scientist Farouk El-Baz," anonymous
  AL MANAL, monthly of the Sharjah City from Humanitarian Services
  Issue 141, p. 11, Sharjah, U.A.E.
  May 2000
  
  
• "Soura Musharifa li Shabab Misr" (Arabic: A Role Model for the Youth of Egypt)
  by Sobhi S. El-Desouki
  THE ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY, Cairo, Egypt
  May 2000, p. 31
  
  
• "Ashiq al-Qamar" (Arabic; Moon Lover) anonymous
  EL-SHABAB (Youth) Magazine, Cairo, Egypt
  Year 24, No. 279, October 2000, p. 20-21
  
  
• "Dr. Farouk El-Baz" (Arabic) by Shakran Al Rasheedy
  ALYMAMAH Magazine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  Issue 1631, 11 November 2000, p. 34-37
  
  
• "Invasion of the Desert" by Barbara Ross
  PHARAOHS Magazine, Cairo, Egypt
  December 2000, p. 82-85
  
  
• "Al Alim al-Masri Dr. Farouk El-Baz" (Arabic; The Egyptian Scientist Dr. Farouk El-Baz)
  by Souad Abu-Ubeid
  AL-YAQATHAH Magazine, Kuwait
  Issue 1662, 5-11 January 2001, p. 20-23
  
  
• "Farouk El-Baz" (Arabic) anonymous
  AL RAWAQ Magazine, Dubai, U.A.E.
  Issue 8, April 2001, p. 22-24
  
  
• "Al Alim al-Masri Farouk El-Baz"
  (Arabic; Bureaucracy is the Problem of Scientific Research in Egypt)
  by Nahid El-Kashif; photo by A. El-Suheity
  NOSS EL-DONIA Magazine
  10 November 2002, p.15-17
  
  
• "Ladaina Al-Ulama wal Mushkila fil Bahth Al-Ilmi"
  (Arabic; We Have the Scientists, and the Problem is in Scientific Research)
  by Nagwan Abdel-Latif; photos by M. Emara
  ALMUSSAWAR Magazine
  Issue No. 4083; 10 January 2003, p. 50-51
  
  
• Innovation Odyssey Showcases Boston as Mother of Invention:
  A quirky, not quarcky tour
  By Brian Fitzgerald
  B.U. Bridge, Boston University
  14 February 2003, p. 8
  
  
• Al-Alim Al-Arabi Allathi Ekhtar Mauqi Al-Hobout ala Salh Al-Qamar (Arabic; Dr. Farouk El-Baz: The Arab Who Selected the Landing Site on the Moon)
  By Majdi Saad
  3ELM WA 3ALAM Magazine, Beirut, Lebanon
  Vol. No. 7, December 2003, p. 18-25
  
  
• "From Zagazig to NASA - A Rocky Saga"
  by Meher Murshed
  Gulf News, Full page
  Friday, February 27, 2004
  Dubair, U.A.E
  
  
• "2004 Nevada Medalist Dr. Farouk El-Baz" anonymous
  The 2004 Nevada Medal Dinner, P. 6-7
  Desert Research Institute
  Reno, Nevada
  
  
• "Dunes of Water"
  by Nadia El-Awady
  Friday, June 18, 2004 (4 pages)
  IslamOnline.net
  
  
• "Dr. Farouk El-Baz"
  Life Makers Magazine
  July 2004, p. 3-6
  info@lifemakersmag.com
  
  
• "Dr. Farouk El-Baz: NASA Space Scientist, Director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University, President of the Arab Society for Desert Research" by Noha Chakkal
  Egypt Today; photographs by Mohsen Allam
  Volume 25, Issue 9, September 2004
  
  
• "Looking Down on Spaceship Earth" by Tim Stoddard
  Bostonia, Winter 2004-2005, p. 26-31
  The Alumni Quarterly of Boston University
  Boston, Massachusetts
  
  
• "Mustashar Nasa Allazy Yahmil Asrar Aahary Al-Alam" by Amre Abdel-Hamid
  (Arabic: NASA Advisor who holds the secrets of the world's deserts)
  ARRAJUL ALYAUM
  Issue 16, p. 48-54
  1 October 2005
  
  
• "Farouk El-Baz: Safir Masr Faoqa Al-Qamar" by Ghada Bahnasy
  (Arabic: Ambassador of Egypt to the Moon)
  ALAAELDIN Magazine, Cairo, Egypt
  13th Year, Volume 649, p. 34-38
  Thursday, 15 December 2005
  
  
• "BU Geologist El-Baz Digs Deeper into Darfur Conflict", by David Cogger
  The Boston Banner
  First page + p. 12
  Thursday, 23 August 2007
  
  
• "Water Wizard" (I, me, myself section) by Shalaka Paradkar
  FRIDAY magazine; GULF NEWS newspaper
  August 31-September 6, 2007; p. 88-91
  Dubai, U.A.E.
  
  

Biographical Listings

1971

• Contemporary Authors

• The American-Arabic Speaking Community Almanac

• Who's Who in Government
  
  
• World Aviation Directory

• Dictionary of International Biography
  
  
• Men of Achievement
  
  
• Who's Who in the East

• American Men and Women of Science
  
  
• Community Leaders and Noteworthy Americans
  
  
• International Who's Who in Community Service
  
  
• International Who's Who of the Arab World

• International Authors and Writers Who's Who
  
  
• Men and Women of Distinction
  
  
• Who's Who in America

• Community Leaders of America
  
  
• Who's Who? (German)
  
  
• Who's Who in the World

• JANE'S
  
  
• The Directory of Distinguished Americans
  
  
• Personalities of the East

• Who's Who in Frontiers of Science and Technology

• Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives
  
  
• Who's Who in Aviation and Aerospace

• Arab-American Almanac
  
  
• Personalities of America
  
  
• Who's Who in Technology Today

• Personalities of the World

• International Book of Honor
  
  
• Profiles of African Scientists (African Academy of Sciences)
  
  
• International Leaders in Achievement
  
  
• Directory of American Scholars

• Who's Who in American Education
  
  
• Who's Who in Science and Engineering
  
  
• Who's Who in The Arab World
  
  
• International Defense Directory
  
  
• Directory of American Research and Technology
  
  
• Oxford's Who's Who
  
  
• Who's Who Worldwide

• Data Base For Arab Emigrant Professionals; DBAEP
  (League of Arab States Office, London, England)

• Pioneers of African Science

• The International Who's Who

1998

• 2000 Prominent Arabs of the 20th Century
  Outstanding Contribution Diploma
  
  
• Directory of American Scholars
  
  
• The International Who's Who
  
  
• Directory of American Scholars
  
  
• International Who's Who of Professionals
  
  

2000

• Water Links, Center for Science and Environment, New Dehli, India
  
  
• Leading Islamic Scientists of the World
  
  
• World of Arabs (Naaman Biographical Center)
  Meritorious Achievement Diploma (Beirut, Lebanon)
  
  

2001

• Distinguished & Admirable Achievers
  New Millennium (New Delhi, India)
  
  

2002

• World of Arabs (Beirut, Lebanon)
  
  

2003

• Who's Who Among American Muslims
  
  

2005

• The Cambridge Blue Book
  
  
• Dictionary of International Biography