Ahmed Mustafa Moussa grew up in the Bahtim neighborhood in Shubra El Kheima in a middle-class family, and was distinguished by his academic excellence from a young age. After graduating from high school, he traveled to the United States and studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned a bachelor's, master's, and doctorate in computer engineering and artificial intelligence. He married Sarah, the daughter of the mayor of Pueblo, Colorado, and her connections helped him st