/R E P E A T -- Media Invitation - Mohammed Fahmy to present a lecture at Concordia University/

MONTREAL, Sept. 13, 2016 /CNW Telbec/ - Mohamed Fahmy, former Cairo bureau chief for Al Jazeera, will give the Homecoming Keynote lecture at Concordia University on September 22. Fahmy will recount his ordeal of arrest and imprisonment as a journalist covering the aftermath of Egypt's political uprisings.

Public lecture

Media in the Age of Terror : How the war on terror became a war on journalism

Thursday, September 22, 2016
6 p.m. (doors open at 5:30 p.m.)
D.B. Clarke Theatre, Henry F. Hall Building
1455 De Maisonneuve Boulevard West
Concordia University

People wishing to attend the lecture can register online or by phone [phone] ext. 4397. There is no charge for admission.

Journalists wishing to attend the lecture should contact Fiona Downey at 514-518-3336 or [email protected]; Twitter: @fiodow; concordia.ca/now/media-relations

SOURCE Concordia University

Media Relations Advisor, Concordia University, Tel.: [phone] ext. 2518, Cell: 514-518-3336