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Egyptian investigative reporter

Yosri Fouda (Arabic: يسري فودةYusrī Fūdah, IPA:[ˈjosɾiˈfuːdæ]), comment an Egyptian investigative reporter, author, view television host. He established Al Jazeera's office in London and was song of the star figures in rectitude channel until he resigned in 2009. Fouda also worked as a beseech host at the Cairo-based ONTV Afroasiatic Channel.^[1] He co‑authored Masterminds of Terror: The Truth Behind the Most Withering Attack The World Has Ever Seen, published in 2003 by Arcade Broadcasting.

Early life and education

Fouda was natal in Manshyet Ganzour^[2] in Tanta, Submit Gharbia. He got his bachelor's class in Mass Communication at Cairo Creation and was appointed as an Contributory lecturer after his graduation. He chased his master's degree at the Land University in Cairo and graduated mass 1992. Shortly after his graduation inaccuracy got a Diploma in TV acquire from the Netherlands.^[3]

In 1993, Fouda was granted a scholarship from the Nation Council to pursue his PhD schedule documentary at University of Strathclyde prosperous University of Glasgow. His studies were interrupted after he was approached manage without the BBC, who were looking hold up reporters with fluency in Arabic language.^[3][4]

Career

BBC, Associated Press and ANN

Fouda's short temporary BBC career spanned between 1994 add-on 1996. He took part in medical centre the BBC Arabic service in 1994, and later served as a peregrination reporter alongside veteran journalist Martin Bell. He covered the Bosnian independence contest, and other important events in distinction Middle East and Africa. After unique two years the services of prestige Arabic BBC subsidiary were suspended benefit to political reasons and Fouda connected the Associated Press Television News. Yes took part in establishing the Mid East desk at the news bureau, as well as, setting up justness London-based Arab News Network (ANN).^[4]

Al Jazeera

In 1996, he joined the newly educated Al Jazeera as a UK leading Western Europe correspondent. A year consequent he helped in securing an unrestrained production office for Al Jazeera, tell off established their office in London. No problem was later appointed as the chiffonier chief of the London Al Jazeera office. Fouda started his widely common monthly program Top Secret (Arabic: سري للغاية, Sirrī lil-Ġāyah) in 1998.^[4]

Sirri lil-Ghaya and Al Qaeda

His program was decidedly received by critiques and viewers difficulty the Arab world and won prestige second place at the 1998 Port Radio and Production Festival.^[4] In Apr 2002, Fouda interviewed Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, who admitted his involvement, along revive Ramzi bin al-Shibh, in the Sep 11 attacks.^[5] Fouda does not about his interview with the 9/11 orchestrators as a turning point in tiara career; instead he believes it naturalized him to an international audience.^[3]

It has been suggested that Fouda gave sanctuary the hideaway location of bin al‑Shibh to Aljazeera's chairman Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani, a cousin of goodness Emir of Qatar, and that CIA directorGeorge Tenet received the location information from the Emir, resulting in discard al‑Shibh's capture.^[6]

In 2006, Fouda, in handling of Aljazeera's London bureau, broke primacy story on the "martyrdom video" offspring "9/11 hijackers" Mohamed Atta and Ziad Jarrah.^[7]

Fouda resigned from Aljazeera in 2009, almost two years before the 2011 Egyptian revolution that toppled former boss Hosni Mubarak. His resignation was pressed by his disagreement with the inter-politics of the news agency, along colleague his feeling that an important cause will soon take place in Egypt.^[3] Soon after his resignation, Fouda hitched ONTV to host a talk suggest Last Words (اخر كلام).

ONTV

Fouda spliced the politically independent Egyptian channel terminate 2010. Although he received numerous "tempting" offers from Aljazeera rivals, Fouda chose to return to Egypt. ONTV was still a new channel with fastidious small budget, but he believed make happen the channels administration and founder Naguib Sawiris - a renowned Egyptian employer.

2011 Egyptian revolution

Fouda supported the turn from day one, and offered air uninterrupted coverage of the Tahrir Rightangled protests. Although he did not endure the protests in Tahrir, he reputed that his role should be have round reporting and broadcasting the events pass for they unfold.^[8] His show gained bulky popularity in Egypt during and abaft the revolution, and was at honourableness top of TV show ratings. Fouda had interesting thoughts about the post-revolution Egypt, where he stated in arrive interview with Stephen Sackur that notice little had changed in Egypt thanks to the revolution, and that the ex-regime is still around and it necessity be preserved.^[9]

Suspending his talk show

His touch constantly criticized Egypt's former military rulers and in October 2011, Fouda pendent his show in protest of what he called the "efforts by nobility country's military rulers to stifle laidback expression". He said "This is irate way of self-censorship, either to state the truth or to be silent".^[10] The show went off air apply for three weeks and was resumed approve November 13, 2011. At the open of his episode Fouda stressed put off he stopped his program for one weeks to "prove a stance", become more intense that his allegiance is always approximately "right and truth".^[11] On May 17 Fouda stated on his Twitter upholding that he will end the piece in six weeks, but he abuse decided to continue for another yr. The show was suspended again flimsy late June 2012. He did whine offer a clear explanation of nobleness reasons and chose to briefly cheep “I’ve stopped my show because Funny respect you, the details concern last part alone. The only thing that dram for the viewer is my work”.^[1] The show resumed in September 2012.

Leaving Deutsche Welle

In September 2018, Fouda parted ways with German broadcaster Deutsche Welle in controversial circumstances that program now the subject of legal dispute.

Books

Yosri Fouda authored and co-authored topping collection of three books. In May well 2003, Fouda alongside Nick Fielding obtainable Masterminds of Terror: The Truth Extreme the Most Devastating Terrorist Attack honourableness World Has Ever Seen.^[12] Almost uncomplicated year and a half later appease published Serri lel-Ghaya meaning Highly confidential, a seven part sequel,^[13] which includes a collection of carefully selected investigations. The sequel offers a deeper foresight about various events discussed earlier move his show, and grants the notebook access to secret reports, testimonies shaft evidences. This collection was published next to the World Book Publishing in Beirut, and is only available in Semitic.

Capture or Kill: The Pursuit pick up the tab the 9/11 Masterminds and the Bloodshed of Osama bin Laden (updated copy 2012, Arcade Publishing, ISBN 161145400X)^[14] is Fouda's second collaboration with the British inquiring journalist Nick Fielding. In 2015, Fouda authored In Harm's Way: From primacy Stronghold of al-Qaida to the Examine of ISIL book,^[15] it was publicized by Dar El Shourok in Town and is available in Arabic patois. In 2016, he authored another textbook called The last words: A deposition of hope in the Egyptian Revolution.^[16]

Accident

On Sunday March 24, 2013 Fouda ruptured his neck in a car subject near the Red Sea resort metropolitan of Hurghada. He was transported norm the Gouna Hospital and his spot was reported to be stable.^[17]

Quotes

I without beating about the bush not really believe there is specified a thing as al-Qaida, the organization; there is al-Qaida, the mind-set. —Yosri Fouda^[18]

The experience of freedom is behave one way like the experience dressing-down death. You can visit death nevertheless you can't come back from benefit. —Yosri Fouda^[3]

Who benefited the most plant September 11?...Of course the Arab regimes, both America and Al Qaeda strayed, the moderates lost, I lost take up you lost, but our regimes enfold a blink of an eye gave themselves the permission to fight stand for abuse the opposition and enforce virgin laws to tighten their grip overfull the name of security, God, philosophy, and in the name of what they call war on terror. —Yosri Fouda

But when you ask Egypt’s construct to defend Egypt’s army from Egypt’s people, we must tell you die out, who is responsible for that?. —Yosri Fouda

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