Egypt’s first female ship captain falsely accused by online trolls of blocking Suez Canal

When a massive container ship ran aground in the Suez Canal last month, Egypt’s first female ship captain was hours away in the city of Alexandria, working as a first mate on board a different vessel.

But before long, online trolls were falsely claiming that Marwa Elselehdar was responsible for the disaster. An article from the Arab News about her groundbreaking career had been photoshopped, with a new headline claiming she was “involved” in the incident, and screenshots were spreading around the Internet.