Mohamed Fahmy
| Mohamed Fahmy | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Mohamed Fadel Fahmy April 27, 1974 Cairo, Egypt |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | City University of Seattle in Vancouver (B.A.) |
| Occupation | Journalist, Author |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Notable credit(s) |
CNN Freedom Project "Death in the Desert" "Egyptian Freedom Story" "Marriott Cell" |
| Spouse(s) | Marwa Omara |
Mohamed Fadel Fahmy (Arabic: محمد فاضل فهمي pronounced [mæˈħæmmæd ˈfɑːdˤel ˈfæhmi]; born April 27, 1974) is an Egyptian-born Canadian award-winning journalist, war correspondent and author. Fahmy has worked extensively in the Middle East, North Africa, for CNN, BBC and Al Jazeera English.
He covered the Iraq War in 2003 for the Los Angeles Times and entered Iraq on the first day of the war from Kuwait. Upon completion of his one-year mission, he authored his first book, Baghdad Bound. Most recently, he covered the Arab Spring.
In September 2013, he accepted a new post as the Al Jazeera English International Bureau Chief based in Egypt.
On 29 December 2013, he and two colleagues Al Jazeera English journalists, Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed, were arrested by Egyptian authorities. On 23 June 2014, Fahmy was found guilty by a Cairo Criminal Court and sentenced to seven years of incarceration at the Tora Prison, a maximum security prison.
On 1 January 2015 the Egyptian Court of Appeals announced a retrial for Fahmy, Mohamed and Greste. Release on bail was not allowed.
He renounced his Egyptian citizenship on 3 February 2015. to benefit from a presidential executive order allowing the deportation of foreign prisoners. His colleague Peter Greste was deported to Australia.
On 12 February 2015 both Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were released on bail and referred to a six-month long retrial.
On 29 August 2015, Fahmy, Mohamed and Greste each received three year sentences from the retrial judge. Greste was sentenced in absentia.
On 23 September 2015, it was reported that Fahmy was pardoned by the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. In a BBC HARDtalk interview shortly after his release, he criticized Al Jazeera English's decision to take the Egyptian government to court for cancelling its network license. He also confirmed that he is suing Al Jazeera English for "100 million dollars" for "damages."
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