Ahmed Mohamed a Muslim teenager takes a reassembled home made clock to his Irving, on the outskirts of Dallas, Texas school. Ahmed, a model student, showed the clock to his science teacher but later another teacher saw it and reported it to the School Administration and the police was called. Mohamed was taken to a juvenile detention facility for fingerprinting and photographing, under suspicion of bringing a hoax bomb.
He was handcuffed and accused of making a "fake bomb", He was later released and the charges were dropped but he was suspended from school for three days. Two days later, President Obama twitted “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 took him up on the invitation and visited the White House. After the visit his family announced that Ahmed had received and accepted, an scholarship from the Qatar Qatar Foundation for Education, to study in the Middle East. More