Interview by Mohamed Khairat and Dalia Gebrial. It has been just under a month since Mohamed Fahmy decided to sue his employer Al Jazeera for negligence and breach of contract. In this exclusive interview with Egyptian Streets, Fahmy candidly discusses everything from his imprisonment to press freedom in Egypt to the potential consequences of his controversial court case. How do those you were imprisoned with – Greste and Mohamed – feel about your decision to sue Al Jazeera? Why have they not been as vocal as you in their criticism of the network? I haven’t had a chance to speak in depth with Peter or Mohamed since I launched the lawsuit earlier this month so I really can’t say how they feel about it. What I can say is that they are trusted friends, respected colleagues and journalists of great integrity who, like me, suffered tremendously as a result of Al Jazeera’s conduct. Peter spent just several weeks in Egypt before his arrest. He had stated in a Shorouk newspaper interview dated 9 May 2015 that he had not spent enough time in Egypt to fully relate to the politics…
