Yosri Fouda (Arabic: يسري فودة Yusrī Fūdah, IPA: [ˈjosɾi ˈfuːdæ]), is an Egyptian investigative reporter, author, and television host.
He took part in establishing the BBC Arabic service in 1994, and later served as a roving reporter alongside veteran journalist Martin Bell.
After only two years the services of the Arabic BBC subsidiary were suspended due to political reasons and Fouda joined the Associated Press Television News.
Fouda started his widely popular monthly program Top Secret (Arabic: سري للغاية, Sirrī lil-Ġāyah) in 1998.
[4] His program was greatly received by critiques and viewers in the Arab world and won the second place at the 1998 Cairo Radio and Production Festival.
[4] In April 2002, Fouda interviewed Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who admitted his involvement, along with Ramzi bin al-Shibh, in the September 11 attacks.
[6] In 2006, Fouda, in charge of Aljazeera's London bureau, broke the story on the "martyrdom video" by "9/11 hijackers" Mohamed Atta and Ziad Jarrah.
He did not offer a clear explanation of the reasons and chose to briefly tweet “I’ve stopped my show because I respect you, the details concern me alone.
In September 2018, Fouda parted ways with German broadcaster Deutsche Welle in controversial circumstances that are now the subject of legal action.
[12] Almost a year and a half later he published Serri lel-Ghaya meaning Highly confidential, a seven part sequel,[13] which includes a collection of carefully selected investigations.
The sequel offers a deeper insight about various events discussed earlier in his show, and grants the reader access to secret reports, testimonies and evidences.
In 2015, Fouda authored In Harm's Way: From the Stronghold of al-Qaida to the Heart of ISIL book,[15] it was published by Dar El Shourok in Cairo and is available in Arabic language.