Mohamed Fadel Fahmy is an Egyptian-born Canadian journalist, war correspondent and author.
34 Facts About Mohamed Fahmy
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Mohamed Fahmy has worked extensively in the Middle East, North Africa, for CNN, BBC and Al Jazeera English.
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In September 2013, Mohamed Fahmy accepted a new post as the Al Jazeera English International Bureau Chief based in Egypt.
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On 29 December 2013, he and two fellow Al Jazeera English journalists, Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed Fahmy, were arrested by Egyptian authorities.
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On 23 June 2014, Mohamed Fahmy was found guilty by a Cairo Criminal Court and sentenced to seven years of incarceration at the Tora Prison, a maximum-security prison.
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On 12 February 2015, both Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were released on bail and referred to a six-month-long retrial.
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On 23 September 2015, it was reported that Mohamed Fahmy was pardoned by the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
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Mohamed Fahmy started his new job as an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia upon winning his freedom and returning to Vancouver, Canada.
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Mohamed Fahmy authored a book about his imprisonment in Egypt titled The Marriott Cell: An Epic Journey from Cairo's Scorpion prison to Freedom.
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Mohamed Fahmy has reported extensively in the Middle East, North Africa and North-America for BBC, CNN, and Al Jazeera English.
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Mohamed Fahmy covered the Iraq War in 2003 for the Los Angeles Times and entered Iraq on the first day of the ground war.
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Mohamed Fahmy spent the following two years reporting for Dubai Television, producing dozens of segments for a prime time television talk show focused on social issues in the Persian Gulf states of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman and the UAE.
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On December 29,2013, Mohamed Fahmy was arrested along with his colleagues Peter Greste and Baher Ghorab.
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Mohamed Fahmy has suffered a permanent disability in his right arm, as he was forced to sleep on the floor in solitary confinement of a freezing, insect-infested cell in the terrorist wing for the first month of his detention, worsening an injury he had sustained before his arrest and mis-healing his bones.
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Mohamed 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.
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World Press Freedom Day on 3 May 2014 Mohamed 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 Mohamed Fahmy's appearance in court.
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Mohamed Fahmy was allowed out of the cage to explain the nature of journalism to the judge.
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Mohamed Fahmy's request was overruled after the judge wished him and his colleagues a "Happy Press Freedom Day".
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On June 23,2014, Mohamed Fahmy was sentenced to seven years in a maximum-security prison.
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Mohamed 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.
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Mohamed Fahmy authored "Egyptian Freedom Story" in 2011 which included 200 photos to document the January 25th Revolution.
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Mohamed Fahmy 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.
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Mohamed Fahmy registered and launched the Fahmy Foundation nongovernmental organisation based in Vancouver during his imprisonment to advocate for and financially support journalists, photographers, and prisoners of conscience imprisoned worldwide.
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Mohamed Fahmy Foundation partnered with Amnesty International in writing a Protection Charter presented to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the liberal government in Ottawa.
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Mohamed Fahmy accuses the network of "negligence" by misinforming him about its legal status and their safety in Egypt.
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Mohamed Fahmy received the Canadian Commission World Press Freedom Award and a certificate from UNESCO on World Press Freedom Day dated May 3,2014, which coincided with his appearance in court.
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Mohamed Fahmy was allowed out of the cage to explain the nature of journalism to the judge.
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Mohamed Fahmy's request was overruled after the judge wished him and his colleagues a "Happy Press Freedom Day".
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Telecommunication mogul and billionaire Naguib Sawiris alleged that Mohamed Fahmy has no affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Mohamed Fahmy 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.
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However, Mohamed Fahmy was released on bail after spending 411 days of incarceration.
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Mohamed Fahmy was banned from leaving Egypt, as his retrial continued in the Cairo Criminal Court, and faced the possibility of returning to prison at the end of the retrial.
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Mohamed Fahmy renounced his Egyptian citizenship on 3 February 2015.
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On 12 February 2015 Mohamed Fahmy was released on bail of 250,000 Egyptian Pounds.