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Mohamed Fahmy

Mohamed Fahmy: Mohamed Fahmy who is the acting Egypt bureau chief for satellite news broadcaster Al-Jazeera English addressed the court, saying he works as a journalist and is from a conservative and patriotic family from Port Said, according to Times Colonist. Egypt's state news agency reported that the judge adjourned the trial until March 24 after hearing Fahmy speak and An Egyptian-Canadian journalist imprisoned in Cairo told an Egyptian court Wednesday that he could "never possibly betray his country," testifying in a case accusing him and other colleagues of being terrorists. He appeared with his arm in a sling and asked for the court to release him for treatment for the injury, which he said he suffered before being arrested. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.