British Jury Clears Hamza Of Murder for Hire Charges
Hamza was greeted by “thousand and thousands of people” at Cairo airport, says his elated wife Omaima Hamza. News of his trial had been muted in the U.K., but was a “huge, huge story” in Egypt she adds. In a phone call, Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak offered Hamza his support.
During his detention, Hamza lived in a London apartment and continued running his firm, Cairo-based Hamza Associates. Business “suffered a little” in Egypt but not internationally, he says. His firm even opened a design office in Ohio, and won several professional prizes, including one from ASCE for design of Egypt’s Toshka pumping station on Lake Nasser.