UPDATE, 7 November 2011:
Yosri Fouda appeared on BBC HARDtalk on 1 November, here are links to the full interview.
Translation: "Yosri Fouda"
Yosri Fouda, a former BBC and Al Jazeera journalist, is a respected television host in Egypt. He announced on Friday 21 October that he would suspend his talk-show "Akher Kalam" until further notice due to "relentless censoring efforts." Fouda was suppose to host writer Alaa El-Aswany (Yacobian Building, Chicago) on the Thursday before to discuss Fouda's interview of two Egyptian army generals, but instead cancelled the episode. I have heard Alaa El-Aswany speak several times at the El Sawy Culture Center (in Arabic). Not only is he an outspoken critic of SCAF, but he also has a very dynamic personality.
Harassment of media is a problem in post-Mubarak Egypt. Since the Revolution numerous bloggers and journalists have been called before military courts.
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