“I hope to realize my dream of becoming a scientist like Newton,” Hussam Attar said
Teenager Hussam Al-Attar used two fans he found at a scrap market and connected some wires to create his own power source to light up his family after they were displaced by Israel’s attack on Gaza Later living tent.
In recognition of his intelligence, people in the surrounding tent camps gave him a nickname: Newton of Gaza.
“They started calling me the Newton of Gaza because of the similarity between me and Newton,” said 15-year-old Al Attar, who looks and sounds young.
“Newton sat under an apple tree and an apple fell on his head, and he discovered gravity. And here we live in darkness and tragedy, with rockets falling on us, so I thought of creating light, and did so .”
Isaac Newton, the British scientist who made huge advances in physics, mathematics and astronomy in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, stands out in the popular imagination with the story of the apple.
More than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million people are now crowded in Rafah, which sits on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip and is separated from Egypt by a fence.
The Al-Attar family attached the tent to the side of a one-story house, allowing Hussam to climb onto the roof and place two fans one on top of the other, acting as tiny wind turbines capable of charging batteries.
He then connected fans to electrical wiring that ran through the house and created a custom lighting system for his family using switches, light bulbs and a thin piece of plywood that extended into the tent.
He said his first two attempts failed and he spent some time developing the system before getting it to work properly on his third try.
“I started developing it further bit by bit until I was able to extend wires across the room to the tent we were living in so the tent would have light,” he said.
“I’m so happy that I’m able to do this because I bring relief to my family, my mother, my sick father, my brother’s young children and everyone here who suffers under the conditions we live in Pain. War.”
According to Israel, the war was sparked by militants from the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, who invaded southern Israel on October 7, killing 1,200 people and kidnapping 253.
Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas and free the hostages, but it has launched a full-scale military attack on Gaza that has killed more than 27,000 people and caused mass displacement and starvation, according to local health officials.
In despair, Atal clung to his dreams and ambitions.
“I’m happy that people in this camp call me the Newton of Gaza, because I want to realize my dream to become a scientist like Newton and create an invention that will benefit not only the people of the Gaza Strip, but the whole world.”
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