Amr El-Kahky is a Knight International Journalism Fellow who is creating a regional network of investigative reporting teams to report on social issues in Jordan, the West Bank and Tunisia.

El-Kahky, Al Jazeera English's Cairo correspondent and bureau chief, built his career in international news with the Al Jazeera Arabic language channel and the BBC. El-Kahky covered all aspects of Egyptian life as Al Jazeera's Cairo correspondent. He reported on major stories including the 2003 invasion of Iraq, where he was embedded with U.S. troops in the south of the country.

El-Kahky later returned to cover post-Saddam Iraq and the assassination of Mohamad Baqer Al-Hakim and Aqila Al-Hashimi. In 2002, he covered the anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center from Washington and New York. Before that, he covered Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan. El-Kahky has produced a range of special coverage and reports for Al Jazeera, including an edition of the “Under the Microscope” documentary, “Afghanistan after the Taliban.”

El-Kahky reported on the Gaza war in 2009 from the Egyptian side of the border town of Rafah. Previously, he was a broadcast journalist, reporter, producer and newscaster with the BBC's radio and television Arabic services. He began his career at Egypt’s Al-Akhbar daily newspaper. He also taught English language and literature at Cairo University between 1988 and 1992.

He coached journalists in investigative journalism in partnership with the International Center for Journalists and the Jordan-based Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism in 2008 and 2009.