Ahmed Mohamed's handmade clock led to his arrest, then White House invite

By Nick O'Malley
Updated September 17 2015 - 6:13pm, first published 5:42pm
"It made me feel like I wasn't human": Ahmed Mohamed at his home in Irving, Texas. Photo: Dallas Morning News/AP
"It made me feel like I wasn't human": Ahmed Mohamed at his home in Irving, Texas. Photo: Dallas Morning News/AP
"It made me feel like I wasn't human": Ahmed Mohamed at his home in Irving, Texas. Photo: Dallas Morning News/AP
"It made me feel like I wasn't human": Ahmed Mohamed at his home in Irving, Texas. Photo: Dallas Morning News/AP

Washington: Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old high school student in Irving, Texas, was so proud of the digital clock he had built from spare parts and a pencil case that he brought it to school to show it to his teacher on Monday.

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