Mohamed Fahmy

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Mohamed Fahmy Biography

Fahmy draws strength from similar experiences of his father who was imprisoned and placed on a watch-list for his writing and critique of the Mubarak regime before the January 25th revolution.

Egyptian-Canadian award-winning journalist and author Fahmy was born in Egypt on April 27, 1974. He has reported extensively in the Middle East, North Africa and North-America for BBC, CNN, and Al Jazeera English.

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. He 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 ground war. Upon completion of his one-year mission, he authored his first book, Baghdad Bound.

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 2007 he completed a one-year mission as a protection delegate for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Lebanon, protecting the rights of political prisoners, refugees and the missing.

In his role with CNN, he reported extensively on the fall of Hosni Mubarak during the January 25th revolution and on the Syrian uprising. He traveled to Libya during the early days of the revolution in 2011 and reported on the hunt for dictator Gaddafi, the formation of a transitional government and the rise of extremism.

A Peabody Award was granted to Fahmy in 2011 for his contribution to the CNN coverage of the Arab Spring.

He authored “Egyptian Freedom Story” in 2011 which included 200 photos to document the January 25th Revolution.

Fahmy reported live from the scene of the Israeli Embassy attack in Cairo in September 2011 and saved an American PBS NewsHour crew and senior correspondent Margaret Warner from a mob attack while covering the embassy attack.

Fahmy co-authored Egyptian Freedom Story. The book is a photo documentary of the January 25th revolution of 2011.

In 2011, he was honored with a Peabody Award along with the CNN team for the network’s coverage of the Arab Spring. The following year he won the Tom Renner Investigative Reporting award for producing the CNN Freedom Project documentary series “Death in the Desert”. For the first time, the series exposed the organized crime rings operating the illegal human trafficking of Sub-Saharan Africans to Israel through its Sinai border with Egypt.

In 2012, he covered the elections that brought the Muslim Brotherhood to power in Egypt and was the first western journalist to interview Mohamed Al Zawahiri , the brother of the Al Qaeda leader upon his release from prison.

On December 29, 2013, Fahmy was arrested along with his colleagues Peter Greste and Baher Ghorab. The trio is accused of conspiring with a terrorist group and fabricating news to portray Egypt in a state of civil war.

In September 2013, he accepted a new post as the Al Jazeera English Egypt Bureau Chief.

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.

In September 2013, he accepted a new post as the Al Jazeera English International Bureau Chief based in Egypt.

On January 1, 2014, the highest court in Egypt upheld the sentence.

His lawyer Amal Clooney hired on his own capacity and not through Aljazeera Media Network called the judicial process a “show-trial” in her 18 August 2014 op-ed for the Huffington Post. She released several statements, including one on 24 November 2014 calling on the Egyptians to release her client, and urged the Qatari government and Al Jazeera to take positive steps to support his freedom and refrain from actions that hinder his cause.

On 23 July 2014, the judge in the case released his reasoning for the sentence, saying the Al-Jazeera journalists were brought together “by the devil” to destabilize Egypt.

On June 23, 2014, the Cairo Criminal Court convicted the three journalists. International news organisations called the trial a farce. US Secretary of State John Kerry was highly critical of the sentences of Fahmy and his co-workers, terming them “chilling and draconian” and noted he had spoken to Egyptian governmental officials including President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi. The Egyptian president, who later said that he wished the journalists had simply been deported, the following day announced that he would not interfere with the judiciary. President al-Sisi said in a speech at the Military Academy graduation ceremony that he called Minister of Justice Mahfouz Saber and told him,

Fahmy received the Canadian Commission World Press Freedom Award and a certificate from the UNESCO on World Press Freedom Day dated May 3, 2014, which coincided with his appearance in court. He was allowed out of the cage to explain the nature of journalism to the judge. He reminded judge Nagy Shehata that ; “the world is watching” and asked for bail. His request was overruled after the judge wished him and his colleagues a “Happy Press Freedom Day”.

On 31 March 2014, he and co-defendants Peter Greste and Baher Mohammed made a request to a judge during a hearing to be released.

On 20 February 2014, Fahmy plead not guilty and described his prison conditions as “psychologically unbearable.”, Fahmy was denied bail and had his court case adjourned until 5 March 2014.

On January 29, 2014, it emerged that the Egyptian authorities were to charge 20 defendants in the case including Fahmy.

On June 23, 2014, Mohamed Fahmy was sentenced to seven years in a maximum-security prison. International news organisations called the trial a farce. US Secretary of State John Kerry was highly critical of the sentences of Fahmy and his co-workers, terming them “chilling and draconian” and noted he had spoken to Egyptian governmental officials including President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi. The Egyptian president the following day announced that he would not interfere with the judiciary.

On June 23, 2014, Mohamed Fahmy was sentenced to seven years in a maximum-security prison. International news organisations called the trial a farce. US Secretary of State John Kerry was highly critical of the sentences of Fahmy and his co-workers, terming them “chilling and draconian” and noted he had spoken to Egyptian governmental officials including President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi. The Egyptian president the following day announced that he would not interfere with the judiciary.

Fahmy flew out from Cairo and left on a flight from London for Toronto on October 6, 2015.

A presidential spokesman for Sisi announced on 23 September 2015 that Fahmy and Baher Mohamed had been pardoned and were slated for release. Sisi issued the pardons ahead of the Eid al-Adha holiday and festival.

In the context of the 2015 Federal election in Canada, Justin Trudeau, the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Tom Mulcair, the leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada both tweeted their support of Fahmy and attacked Harper. Each of the opposition foreign affairs critics called for firm action: NDP Foreign Affairs Critic Paul Dewar said,

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