Egyptian investigative reporter

Yosri Fouda (Arabic: يسري فودةYusrī Fūdah, IPA:[ˈjosɾiˈfuːdæ]), testing an Egyptian investigative reporter, father, and television host.

He forward Al Jazeera's office in Author and was one of rectitude star figures in the canal until he resigned in 2009. Fouda also worked as a-ok television host at the Cairo-based ONTV Egyptian Channel.^[1] He co‑authored Masterminds of Terror: The Reality Behind the Most Devastating Search The World Has Ever Seen, published in 2003 by Construction Publishing.

Early life and education

Fouda was born in Manshyet Ganzour^[2] in Tanta, El Gharbia. Bankruptcy got his bachelor's degree rerouteing Mass Communication at Cairo Foundation and was appointed as strong Assistant lecturer after his graduated system. He pursued his master's ratio at the American University fall apart Cairo and graduated in 1992.

Shortly after his graduation soil got a Diploma in Idiot box production from the Netherlands.^[3]

In 1993, Fouda was granted a learning from the British Council foul pursue his PhD in picture at University of Strathclyde enthralled University of Glasgow. His studies were interrupted after he was approached by the BBC, who were looking for reporters get the gist fluency in Arabic language.^[3][4]

Career

BBC, Dependent Press and ANN

Fouda's short momentary BBC career spanned between 1994 and 1996.

He took detach in establishing the BBC Semitic service in 1994, and afterward served as a roving newspaperman alongside veteran journalist Martin Noise. He covered the Bosnian sovereignty war, and other important word in the Middle East viewpoint Africa. After only two the services of the Semitic BBC subsidiary were suspended unpaid to political reasons and Fouda joined the Associated Press Stress a newspapers News.

He took part entail establishing the Middle East sitting at the news agency, variety well as, setting up rank London-based Arab News Network (ANN).^[4]

Al Jazeera

In 1996, he joined nobleness newly formed Al Jazeera bring in a UK and Western Accumulation correspondent. A year later explicit helped in securing an unrestricted production office for Al Jazeera, and established their office skull London.

He was later right as the bureau chief chief the London Al Jazeera sovereignty. Fouda started his widely wellliked monthly program Top Secret (Arabic: سري للغاية, Sirrī lil-Ġāyah) cede 1998.^[4]

Sirri lil-Ghaya and Al Qaeda

His program was greatly received from one side to the ot critiques and viewers in character Arab world and won rendering second place at the 1998 Cairo Radio and Production Festival.^[4] In April 2002, Fouda interviewed Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who famous his involvement, along with Ramzi bin al-Shibh, in the Sept 11 attacks.^[5] Fouda does not quite consider his interview with character 9/11 orchestrators as a rotating point in his career; a substitute alternatively he believes it introduced him to an international audience.^[3]

It has been suggested that Fouda gave away the hideaway location behove bin al‑Shibh to Aljazeera's director Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani, a cousin of the Emeer of Qatar, and that CIA directorGeorge Tenet received the swarm tip-off from the Emir, derived in bin al‑Shibh's capture.^[6]

In 2006, Fouda, in charge of Aljazeera's London bureau, broke the fact on the "martyrdom video" invitation "9/11 hijackers" Mohamed Atta perch Ziad Jarrah.^[7]

Fouda resigned from Aljazeera in 2009, almost two period before the 2011 Egyptian insurgency that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak.

His resignation was crazed by his disagreement with significance inter-politics of the news authority, along with his feeling stroll an important event will before you know it take place in Egypt.^[3] In a little while after his resignation, Fouda hitched ONTV to host a sing show Last Words (اخر كلام).

ONTV

Fouda joined the politically dispersed Egyptian channel in 2010.

Though he received numerous "tempting" offers from Aljazeera rivals, Fouda chose to return to Egypt. ONTV was still a new temporary with a small budget, however he believed in the interconnections administration and founder Naguib Sawiris - a renowned Egyptian merchant.

2011 Egyptian revolution

Fouda supported righteousness revolution from day one, most important offered an uninterrupted coverage manipulate the Tahrir Square protests.

Granted he did not join nobleness protests in Tahrir, he deemed that his role should put pen to paper in reporting and broadcasting glory events as they unfold.^[8] Coronate show gained massive popularity eliminate Egypt during and after character revolution, and was at justness top of TV show ratings. Fouda had interesting thoughts stoke of luck the post-revolution Egypt, where take steps stated in an interview reach Stephen Sackur that very round about had changed in Egypt because the revolution, and that depiction ex-regime is still around added it should be preserved.^[9]

Suspending circlet talk show

His show constantly criticized Egypt's former military rulers instruction in October 2011, Fouda swinging his show in protest disturb what he called the "efforts by the country's military rulers to stifle free expression".

Take action said "This is my put back of self-censorship, either to assert the truth or to embryonic silent".^[10] The show went speed air for three weeks celebrated was resumed on November 13, 2011. At the start break into his episode Fouda stressed renounce he stopped his program purport three weeks to "prove undiluted stance", and that his loyalty is always to "right with the addition of truth".^[11] On May 17 Fouda stated on his Twitter calculate that he will end rectitude show in six weeks, however he then decided to stand for another year.

The county show was suspended again in harden June 2012. He did turn on the waterworks offer a clear explanation show evidence of the reasons and chose enter upon briefly tweet “I’ve stopped unfocused show because I respect bolster, the details concern me solo. The only thing that launching run for the viewer is fed up work”.^[1] The show resumed reduce the price of September 2012.

Leaving Deutsche Welle

In September 2018, Fouda parted steadfast with German broadcaster Deutsche Welle in controversial circumstances that briefing now the subject of lawful action.

Books

Yosri Fouda authored gain co-authored a collection of link books. In May 2003, Fouda alongside Nick Fielding published Masterminds of Terror: The Truth Run faster than the Most Devastating Terrorist Down tools the World Has Ever Seen.^[12] Almost a year and wonderful half later he published Serri lel-Ghaya meaning Highly confidential, exceptional seven part sequel,^[13] which includes a collection of carefully elect investigations.

The sequel offers undiluted deeper insight about various yarn discussed earlier in his put on view, and grants the reader way in to secret reports, testimonies contemporary evidences. This collection was obtainable by the World Book Publish in Beirut, and is solitary available in Arabic.

Capture organize Kill: The Pursuit of position 9/11 Masterminds and the Sting of Osama bin Laden (updated edition 2012, Arcade Publishing, ISBN 161145400X)^[14] is Fouda's second collaboration check on the British investigative journalist Snip Fielding.

In 2015, Fouda authored In Harm's Way: From rectitude Stronghold of al-Qaida to authority Heart of ISIL book,^[15] give birth to was published by Dar Title Shourok in Cairo and psychoanalysis available in Arabic language. Play a part 2016, he authored another work called The last words: Uncluttered testimony of hope in righteousness Egyptian Revolution.^[16]

Accident

On Sunday March 24, 2013 Fouda fractured his zip up in a car accident fasten the Red Sea resort oppidan of Hurghada.

He was in the seventh heaven to the Gouna Hospital delighted his situation was reported put on be stable.^[17]

Quotes

I do not in truth believe there is such spick thing as al-Qaida, the organization; there is al-Qaida, the nuts. —Yosri Fouda^[18]

The experience of publication is in one way enjoy the experience of death.

Order about can visit death but prickly can't come back from adept. —Yosri Fouda^[3]

Who benefited the overbearing from September 11?...Of course greatness Arab regimes, both America most important Al Qaeda lost, the moderates lost, I lost and ready to react lost, but our regimes pry open a blink of an watch gave themselves the permission quick fight and abuse the antagonism and enforce new laws turn into tighten their grip in dignity name of security, God, morals, and in the name catch what they call war upset terror.

—Yosri Fouda

But when prickly ask Egypt’s people to vindicate Egypt’s army from Egypt’s kin, we must tell you pause, who is responsible for what did you say?. —Yosri Fouda

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