On Monday, the Supreme Administrative Court in Egypt issued a final ruling, rejecting an appeal submitted by a university professor to dismiss her from her job, with her entitlement to a pension or reward.
The decision to reject the appeal of Dr. Mona Prince, a teacher in the Department of English at the Faculty of Education at Suez University, came once morest the background of a case that she had posted, on social media, videos in which she was dancing.
According to the Cairo newspaper, “Al-Shorouk”, the court said in its ruling that it was certain that the ruling issued by the disciplinary board for faculty members at Suez University had dismissed Prince from her job “on the legally justified reasons.”
And she confirmed that she was certain that “the two violations attributed to her once morest her have been proven with certainty, pointing out that the first violations were the publication of several videos in which she dances on her page on social media Facebook, with her insistence on repeating the publication of new clips, which degrades the prestige of the university professor and his message and responsibility.” On spreading values and upgrading.
The court considered that “it is not permissible for a university professor to use dancing as a slogan inviting people, in a way that undermines her prestige in front of her students, hurts the feelings of her students, and touches the pride of her fellow students on the paths of knowledge.”
As for the second violation attributed to “Prince”, according to the court, it was represented in deviating from the scientific description of the academic curricula, and spreading destructive ideas – according to the court’s description – that contradict the heavenly beliefs and public order, when she threw it at the students with her words in lectures by challenging the constants of religion by saying (I have Satan was subjected to injustice and that he is the best personality because he expressed his will freely and defended his choice of his own free will without being led by instructions and orders as did the herd, and that the issue of the other fate is under discussion) and advised them not to adhere to traditions, and what it includes of religions because it leads to backwardness.
The court added that the case papers included a CD that contained pictures of “Prince” in swimsuits posted on her Facebook page, as well as many other pictures of her dancing in multiple places, either alone or with other people, with wine bottles in front of her.
The court explained that Prince acknowledged that these pictures were attributed to her, and that she was dancing, and she was the one who published them all, as well as the videos on her Facebook page, on the pretext that her page was public, which she opened for anyone who wanted to enter it, and that her account had become a destination for all media.
The court stressed, according to Al-Shorouk, that a university professor, even outside the scope of his job, may not forget that he is surrounded by the reputation of the state, and its ideals flaunt him, and that many of his private actions may affect the proper functioning and safety of the university facility or impede its progress and harm its safety. It may affect the dignity and elevation of the job or degrade it and degrade it.”
Mona Prince has sparked controversy in Egypt for years, and the number of her followers on social media has increased significantly, following the spread of her dancing videos.
She also became a permanent guest on Egyptian satellite channels, asking her questions in the context of the great controversy caused by that woman, who spent many years in the academic career.
Prince, who has attracted some Egyptians with her famous dance, said that she is sincere in intentions and that she does not appear in an artificial way in front of people, as she believes in freedom and the human right to dance despite the criticism she was subjected to, and her referral to an investigation at the university.
Prince had previously announced her intention to run for the presidency in 2018, which did not happen, while Egyptian media considered at the time that she was trying to restore the spotlight to her, following she had dimmed and her appearance in the media had decreased.