On Monday, the Egyptian Supreme Administrative Court issued a final ruling dismissing an appeal Mona Prince, Egyptian university professorOn his dismissal from his job, due to the problem of his dance videos, which spread controversially years ago in the country, he has once again ignited the fire of controversy.
Yesterday, on the anniversary of the death of the Belgian composer Hamdi, the “Professor” published the song “A Thousand and One Nights” by the late artist Umm Kulthum through her official Facebook account.
And he commented on his post, saying, “And since this is the memory of the great Baligh Hamdi, who can’t dance to this wonderful introduction, there is no fault, neither are you nor Egyptian.”
While the comments to this comment flooded, between solidarity and criticism.
The court had rejected the appeal of Prince, an English language teacher at the Faculty of Education of the University of Suez, against the previous sentence against the background of the publication of dance videos, considering the reasons that justified it legitimate.
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He also confirmed that the two violations attributed to the professor had been proven, represented by the publication of some videos in which she danced on her Facebook page, with her insistence on repeating the publication of new clips as well, believing that this behavior degrades the prestige of the university professor and his message.
While the second violation was to deviate from the scientific description of academic curricula and to spread destructive ideas, according to the statement.
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The court added that the case papers included a CD that contained photos of the “Prince” in a bathing suit posted on her Facebook page, as well as many more photos of her dancing in various places, alone or with other people. with bottles of wine in front of her.
Interestingly, Prince’s videos in 2017 sparked controversy in Egypt, while the number of his social media followers has increased dramatically in recent times.
While many Egyptians have criticized her on communication sites, others have supported her, considering that what she has done, posted and is still on her page is “personal freedom”.
As for Prince, through his comments on his Facebook account, he expressed his refusal to restrict people’s personal freedoms, inviting everyone he cared about or contacted just to inquire about dance videos to read his books and ask about them. !
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