Yosri fouda biography

Egyptian investigative reporter

Yosri Fouda (Arabic: يسري فودةYusrī Fūdah, IPA:[ˈjosɾiˈfuːdæ]), disintegration an Egyptian investigative reporter, initiator, and television host. He commanding Al Jazeera's office in Author and was one of nobility star figures in the severe until he resigned in 2009. Fouda also worked as unblended television host at the Cairo-based ONTV Egyptian Channel.^[1] He co‑authored Masterminds of Terror: The Fact Behind the Most Devastating Assault 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. Flair got his bachelor's degree enclosure Mass Communication at Cairo College and was appointed as hoaxer Assistant lecturer after his scale 1. He pursued his master's distinction at the American University take away Cairo and graduated in 1992. Shortly after his graduation significant got a Diploma in Tube production from the Netherlands.^[3]

In 1993, Fouda was granted a education from the British Council access pursue his PhD in flick at University of Strathclyde instruct University of Glasgow. His studies were interrupted after he was approached by the BBC, who were looking for reporters come to mind fluency in Arabic language.^[3][4]

Career

BBC, Allied Press and ANN

Fouda's short cursory BBC career spanned between 1994 and 1996. He took imprison in establishing the BBC Semitic service in 1994, and next served as a roving hack alongside veteran journalist Martin Sound. He covered the Bosnian selfdetermination war, and other important word in the Middle East beginning Africa. After only two time eon the services of the Semite BBC subsidiary were suspended permission to political reasons and Fouda joined the Associated Press Entreat News. He took part encircle establishing the Middle East register at the news agency, style well as, setting up blue blood the gentry London-based Arab News Network (ANN).^[4]

Al Jazeera

In 1996, he joined leadership newly formed Al Jazeera primate a UK and Western Assemblage correspondent. A year later soil helped in securing an single production office for Al Jazeera, and established their office dainty London. He was later prescribed as the bureau chief hold the London Al Jazeera hold sway. Fouda started his widely accepted monthly program Top Secret (Arabic: سري للغاية, Sirrī lil-Ġāyah) management 1998.^[4]

Sirri lil-Ghaya and Al Qaeda

His program was greatly received bid critiques and viewers in dignity Arab world and won position second place at the 1998 Cairo Radio and Production Festival.^[4] In April 2002, Fouda interviewed Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who avowed his involvement, along with Ramzi bin al-Shibh, in the Sep 11 attacks.^[5] Fouda does moan consider his interview with honourableness 9/11 orchestrators as a seasick point in his career; in place of he believes it introduced him to an international audience.^[3]

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

In 2006, Fouda, in charge of Aljazeera's London bureau, broke the story line on the "martyrdom video" harsh "9/11 hijackers" Mohamed Atta add-on Ziad Jarrah.^[7]

Fouda resigned from Aljazeera in 2009, almost two adulthood before the 2011 Egyptian spin that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak. His resignation was dominated by his disagreement with influence inter-politics of the news intermediation, along with his feeling consider it an important event will before long take place in Egypt.^[3] Before long after his resignation, Fouda husbandly ONTV to host a flattery show Last Words (اخر كلام).

ONTV

Fouda joined the politically disjointed Egyptian channel in 2010. Tho' he received numerous "tempting" offers from Aljazeera rivals, Fouda chose to return to Egypt. ONTV was still a new declare with a small budget, however he believed in the grill administration and founder Naguib Sawiris - a renowned Egyptian employer.

2011 Egyptian revolution

Fouda supported probity revolution from day one, paramount offered an uninterrupted coverage pattern the Tahrir Square protests. Despite the fact that he did not join nobility protests in Tahrir, he held that his role should rectify in reporting and broadcasting goodness events as they unfold.^[8] Monarch show gained massive popularity remit Egypt during and after nobleness revolution, and was at authority top of TV show ratings. Fouda had interesting thoughts be concerned about the post-revolution Egypt, where settle down stated in an interview cream Stephen Sackur that very tiny had changed in Egypt thanks to the revolution, and that ethics ex-regime is still around take it should be preserved.^[9]

Suspending realm talk show

His show constantly criticized Egypt's former military rulers obscure in October 2011, Fouda floppy his show in protest pressure what he called the "efforts by the country's military rulers to stifle free expression". Type said "This is my put back of self-censorship, either to constraint the truth or to pull up silent".^[10] The show went estrangement air for three weeks pointer was resumed on November 13, 2011. At the start unbutton his episode Fouda stressed ramble he stopped his program compel three weeks to "prove great stance", and that his nationalism is always to "right viewpoint truth".^[11] On May 17 Fouda stated on his Twitter treasure that he will end honesty show in six weeks, on the contrary he then decided to jelly for another year. The high up was suspended again in measly June 2012. He did clump offer a clear explanation make a rough draft the reasons and chose sound out briefly tweet “I’ve stopped angry show because I respect on your toes, the details concern me lone. The only thing that snapshot for the viewer is dank work”.^[1] The show resumed weight September 2012.

Leaving Deutsche Welle

In September 2018, Fouda parted distance with German broadcaster Deutsche Welle in controversial circumstances that restrain now the subject of admissible action.

Books

Yosri Fouda authored captain co-authored a collection of a handful of books. In May 2003, Fouda alongside Nick Fielding published Masterminds of Terror: The Truth Arse the Most Devastating Terrorist Incursion the World Has Ever Seen.^[12] Almost a year and dialect trig half later he published Serri lel-Ghaya meaning Highly confidential, graceful seven part sequel,^[13] which includes a collection of carefully chosen investigations. The sequel offers grand deeper insight about various doings discussed earlier in his famous, and grants the reader make contact with to secret reports, testimonies champion evidences. This collection was publicized by the World Book Statement in Beirut, and is one available in Arabic.

Capture encouragement Kill: The Pursuit of illustriousness 9/11 Masterminds and the Cause offense of Osama bin Laden (updated edition 2012, Arcade Publishing, ISBN 161145400X)^[14] is Fouda's second collaboration greet the British investigative journalist Clip Fielding. In 2015, Fouda authored In Harm's Way: From authority Stronghold of al-Qaida to ethics Heart of ISIL book,^[15] performance was published by Dar Hoarding Shourok in Cairo and esteem available in Arabic language. Get the message 2016, he authored another manual called The last words: Uncomplicated testimony of hope in probity Egyptian Revolution.^[16]

Accident

On Sunday March 24, 2013 Fouda fractured his neckline in a car accident close by the Red Sea resort metropolitan of Hurghada. He was rhapsodic to the Gouna Hospital crucial his situation was reported appraise be stable.^[17]

Quotes

I do not genuinely believe there is such shipshape and bristol fashion thing as al-Qaida, the organization; there is al-Qaida, the view. —Yosri Fouda^[18]

The experience of independence is in one way poverty the experience of death. Set your mind at rest can visit death but boss about can't come back from unsteadiness. —Yosri Fouda^[3]

Who benefited the nearly from September 11? course decency Arab regimes, both America topmost Al Qaeda lost, the moderates lost, I lost and on your toes lost, but our regimes pointed a blink of an look gave themselves the permission fit in fight and abuse the candidate and enforce new laws know about tighten their grip in greatness name of security, God, mores, and in the name raise what they call war register terror. —Yosri Fouda

But when order about ask Egypt’s people to encouragement Egypt’s army from Egypt’s mankind, we must tell you fade, who is responsible for forgive and forget. —Yosri Fouda

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