- Yosri Fouda
Yosri Fouda, (Arabic: يسري فودة) born in
Egypt , is a journalist who initially worked for theBBC 's short-lived Arabic-subsidiary covering the ongoing struggle in Bosnia with veteran reporterMartin Bell . He currently works for the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera channel. He is the co-author of 'Masterminds of Terror: The Truth Behind the Most Devastating Attack The World Has Ever Seen', 2003 Arcade Publishing.Al Jazeera
In 1996, he joined the newly-forming
Al Jazeera , and is the bureau chief for the Arabic arm of the news agency. In September 2002, Fouda interviewedKhalid Sheikh Mohammed , who admitted his involvement, along withRamzi Binalshibh , in theSeptember 11, 2001 attacks . [cite news |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,906911,00.html |title= 'We left out nuclear targets, for now' |publisher=The Guardian |date=March 4, 2003]In the
Arab World Fouda gained fame with his program called Top Secret (Arabic:سري للغاية) on Al Jazeera.Fouda later took on a side job teaching at the
Cairo University .In 2006, Fouda, now in charge of Jazeera's London bureau, broke a story on a "martyrdom video" by "
9/11 hijackers"Mohamed Atta andZiad Jarrah . [Fouda, " [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article656683.ece The Laughing 9/11 Bombers] ", and " [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article656440.ece Focus: Chilling Message of the 9/11 Pilots] ", both in "Sunday Times" (UK), Oct. 1, 2006.]Quotes
"I do not really believe there is such a thing as al-Qaida, the organization; there is al-Qaida, the mind-set" —Yosri Fouda
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External links
* [http://www.tbsjournal.com/Archives/Fall03/Yosri_Fouda.html TBS interview with Fouda]
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