Last Monday, the Supreme Administrative Court of Egypt issued a final ruling rejecting an appeal Egyptian University Professor Mona PrinceOn her dismissal from her job, due to the issue of her dancing videos that spread controversial years ago in the country, she once more ignited the fire of controversy.
Yesterday, on the anniversary of the death of the late composer Belgh Hamdi, the “Professor” published, through her official account on “Facebook”, the song “A Thousand and One Nights”, by the late artist Umm Kulthum.
And she commented on her post, saying: “And because this is the memory of the great Baligh Hamdi, who does not know how to dance on this wonderful introduction, there is no blame, neither six nor Egyptian.”
While the comments on this comment flooded, between solidarity and criticizing.
The court had rejected Prince’s appeal, an English language teacher at the Faculty of Education at Suez University, once morest the previous ruling once morest the background of her publishing dancing videos, considering that the reasons justifying him were legal.
Mona Prince
two offenses
She also confirmed that the two violations attributed to the professor had been proven, represented by her publishing several videos in which she danced on her Facebook page, with her insistence on repeating the publication of new clips as well, considering 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 the curricula and to spread destructive ideas, according to the statement.
Professor’s post
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 bottles of wine in front of her.
It is noteworthy that Prince’s videos, in 2017, sparked controversy in Egypt, while the number of her followers on social media has increased significantly in recent times.
While many Egyptians criticized her on the communication sites, others supported her, considering that what she did and what she published and is still on her page is “personal freedom”.
As for Prince, through her comments on her Facebook account, she expressed her refusal to restrict people’s personal freedoms, calling on everyone who cared or contacted her just to inquire regarding dance videos to read her books and ask regarding them!