Claim: Born on 7 May 1964 in Cologne, Germany, Yasser Thabet gained a BA in Journalism from the Mass Communication Faculty at Cairo University (Egypt's premier public university that was founded on 21 December 1908), Egypt in May 1985, and in September 2000, gained his PhD degree in Journalism from Boston University, US.
Evidence: Born on 7 May 1964 in Cologne, Germany, Thabet gained a BA in Journalism from the Mass Communication Faculty at Cairo University, Egypt in May 1985 and a master's degree in Journalism from the Centre for Journalism Studies, University of Wales, Cardiff in 1998. Cairo University (Arabic: جامعة القاهرة‎, romanized: Gām'et El Qāhira), known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university. It was founded on 21 December 1908; however, after being housed in various parts of Cairo, its faculties, beginning with the Faculty of Arts, were established on its current main campus in Giza in October 1929. In September 2000, he gained his PhD degree in Journalism from Boston University, US.