Published On 4/6/2026
In recent hours, social media platforms in Egypt have been buzzing with two incidents that have sparked a wide wave of questions and controversy among pioneers of the digital space, as they are linked to issues of blackmail and violation of moral values within institutions that are supposed to be based on trust and discipline.
Blackmailing a female guardian in Qalyubia
The first incident was the spread of a video clip showing a director in the Department of Preparatory Education in Qalyubia Governorate, blackmailing the guardian of a student and using indecent expressions to her, in exchange for her assistance in transferring her daughter from a school and adjusting her grades.
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The guardian recorded the conversation and revealed the incident, which opened the door to widespread demands on social media platforms to open an urgent investigation and hold any official proven involved accountable, in order to preserve the prestige of educational institutions and the rights of parents.
As popular anger escalated, the governor of Qalyubia quickly canceled the assignment of the director of the Preparatory Education Department in the Governorate’s Education Directorate, suspended him from work, and referred him to immediate investigation.
Tweeters considered that what was stated in the video represents unprofessional and immoral behavior that does not befit an educational official who is supposed to be a role model in respect and discipline, stressing that the relationship between the school administration and parents must be based on mutual respect and clear professional boundaries.
Any expressions that carry personal connotations or invitations outside the framework of educational work are considered an unacceptable transgression that harms the status of the educational institution and weakens trust between the family and the school.
Others stressed the need to deal with these incidents seriously and transparently in accordance with the laws and regulations, emphasizing that the results of official investigations remain the decisive factor in determining responsibilities and procedures.
Luring girls and photographing them in Sharqia
As for the second case, it was related to a person in Al-Sharqiya Governorate luring girls to engage in immoral acts inside a residential apartment and photographing them, with the aim of blackmailing them later.
As the clips related to the case spread, a state of anger prevailed on social media platforms, and some users commented by saying that such crimes “occur everywhere in the world,” but the strangeness, as they described it, lies in a person with some degree of planning committing these acts, without taking into account that he will fall in the end, considering that “the problem of evil is when it meets stupidity,” as they put it.
Egyptian Interior Ministry data
In the midst of the ongoing controversy, the Egyptian Ministry of Interior announced in two statements the arrest of the defendants in the two cases.
Regarding the case of the director of the Preparatory Education Department in Qalyubia, the Ministry of Interior said in another statement:
“Within the context of uncovering the circumstances of a video clip that was circulated on social media sites, it included the director of the Preparatory Education Department in Qalyubia blackmailing the guardian of a student and using indecent words to her in exchange for transferring her from a school and adjusting her grades. Upon examination, it was possible to identify the guardian referred to (a housewife – resident of the Second Montazah Police Department in Alexandria).”
The statement added that the guardian explained that she wanted to transfer her daughter to a school within her place of residence in Alexandria after her separation from her husband, and when the school administration refused to do so, she went to the competent authority on May 11, where she met the person shown in the video clip, who blackmailed her as referred to in exchange for her assistance and approval to transfer her daughter.
The Ministry of Interior indicated that the accused (a resident of the Banha Police Station) was arrested, and that a decision had previously been issued by the competent administrative authority to suspend him from work in the same incident.
The statement concluded by emphasizing that legal measures had been taken, and the competent prosecution had taken over the investigation into the case.
Regarding the issue related to luring girls, the ministry said in its statement:
It is “in the context of uncovering the circumstances of a post supported by a video clip circulated on social media sites, which included the allegation that a person lured girls to engage in immoral acts inside a residential apartment and photographed them with the intention of blackmailing them in Al-Sharqiyah. Upon examination, it was revealed that no reports were received in this regard.”
The statement added, “Through examination, the person shown in the video clip (a student – 19 years old – residing in the Zagazig Police Station department) was identified and arrested. He was in possession of his mobile phone, and upon examination it was found that it contained evidence confirming that he had committed the incident.”
When confronted, the student admitted, according to the statement, that he lured some girls through social networking sites, met them in the apartment where he lived, and photographed them “of their own free will, without blackmailing them.”
The Ministry explained that legal measures had been taken, and the Public Prosecution took over the investigation.
