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Al Azhar expels female student over hug
16-1-2019
Al Azhar University announced that it has expelled an Arab language female student after a video went viral on social media which filmed her hugging her fiancé on the Mansoura campus. On the subject, the president of the university, Mohamad Mohrasawi, said on Saturday that the disciplinary council has decided to dismiss the student after an investigation, describing her action as ‘a complete departure from all the Azhar community and university values’. In support of the dismissed student, activists on social media started a broadcast with the hashtag love#is#not#a#crime to criticize Al Azhar’s decision. For his part, Egyptian producer and actor Khaled Abul Naja proposed the launch of a ‘hugging campaign’ in response to the university administration’s action, and a number of lawyers also expressed their readiness to defend the young woman. Others viewed the decision as an unjustified assault against the young woman, and asked, what about the male colleague? Why is the girl always blamed and punished?. (Al Diyar, January 15, 2019)
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