Harvard freshman denied US entry after arriving from Lebanon
Ismail Ajjawi made headlines in Lebanon as a 14-year-old growing up in a ramshackle camp for Palestinian refugees - for being one of the top scorers on the country's primary school exams. This year he aced the secondary school exam, helping earn him a full scholarship to Harvard University.
He secured a student visa and, with dreams of becoming a surgeon, had already decided on a major - chemical and physical biology.
"There's room for discoveries in this field," the 17-year-old said in an interview with Al-Araby TV that aired Friday as he was arriving in the United States.
"Excellence requires work and effort too," he
