A teenager who was arrested when a teacher thought his homemade clock was a bomb is moving to Qatar.
Ahmed Mohamed, aged 14, became an overnight sensation and ended up getting all kinds of privileges following the mix-up by his teacher in Texas.
His sister tweeted a picture of him in handcuffs while wearing a t-shirt with the US space agency NASA’s logo last month.
His family was overwhelmed by offers to support Mohamed’s education and decided to move to Qatar after receiving a full scholarship for his secondary and undergraduate education, his father told the Dallas Morning News.
On Monday night, Mohamed joined a group of students, teachers, scientists, astronauts and celebrities – including the ‘Myth Busters’ and Bill Nye – for White House Astronomy Night.
‘So happy, I can’t believe that I met the #president of the #unitedstates!!!’ he tweeted, in all caps, alongside a photo which showed Obama hugging Mohamed.
Mohamed will join the Qatar Foundation’s Young Innovators Program, which he visited earlier this month.
‘Qatar was a cool place to visit,’ he said in a statement released to the Dallas Morning News Tuesday. ‘The teachers were great. I think I will learn a lot and have fun too.’
