She later became New York Bureau Chief and Columnist for a leading London-based Middle East newspaper covering the annual General Assembly meetings of the UN. As New York Correspondent and Bureau Chief for Al Jazeera from 2000, she covered the 9/11 attacks. Fakhry conducted interviews in Washington D.C., with U.S. Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, and the Secretary of State, Colin Powell, as well as several other senior State Department and Pentagon officials.
From 2000 onwards, Fakhry served as New York Bureau Chief and Columnist for a leading London-based Middle East newspaper, focusing on UN General Assembly meetings. She was also Al Jazeera's New York Correspondent and Bureau Chief during that period, covering the 9/11 attacks. In her role, she conducted interviews in Washington D.C., including with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Colin Powell, as well as other senior officials from the State Department and Pentagon.