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Egypt's first female captain at centre of hideous Suez allegation
au.news.yahoo.com ^ | 4/4/2021 | Nadine Carrol

Posted on 04/06/2021 7:54:19 AM PDT by rktman

Egypt’s first female ship captain has revealed she was blamed by hordes of online trolls for blocking the Suez Canal despite being on a different ship hundreds of kilometres away.

Marwa Elselehdar, 29, was working as a first mate in command of a ship in Alexandria when she started seeing online rumours which claimed she was to blame for the huge container ship that became wedged, blocking one of the world’s major shipping routes on March 23.

Despite already captaining ships, Ms Elselehdar will take her final exam to attain a full Captain rank next month and hopes that she can continue to be a role model for women in her industry.

"My message to females who want to be in the maritime field is fight for what you love and not let any negativity to affect you," she said.

(Excerpt) Read more at au.news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Egypt; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: aaaarrrrgh; egypt; marwaelselehdar; seafarers; sefarers; womendrivers
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To: rktman

at least she’s hot


41 posted on 04/06/2021 8:45:41 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: rktman

Hey if she can do it and passes the all the exams with no special help, good on her!

Anyone that goes after her especially when she was nowhere near the ship in question is just a stupid jerk.


42 posted on 04/06/2021 8:54:51 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (No matter what, resist and stop the agenda of blow bidet and hairass the whore)
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To: Rio

For real?

If that is her - NOT GULTY!


43 posted on 04/06/2021 8:55:18 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (No matter what, resist and stop the agenda of blow bidet and hairass the whore)
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To: lee martell

Uh, NOT Egyptian Navy. Maritime skipper.


44 posted on 04/06/2021 8:59:27 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: PGR88

LOL! I saw it but, gasp! was not offended. 😂🙌


45 posted on 04/06/2021 9:00:55 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: enumerated

A ship captain will now have to start calling their ship “they.”


46 posted on 04/06/2021 9:09:26 AM PDT by Maceman (People who vote Democrat sell their lives (and ours) to the government and their souls to the Devil.)
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To: rktman
In before the "Captain's Mast" jokes.

-PJ

47 posted on 04/06/2021 9:12:44 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (* LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: rktman
What's the old adage/statement of tolerance?

"That's why we keep you around. We need scapegoats."

48 posted on 04/06/2021 9:13:21 AM PDT by stevem
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To: lee martell

Seeing as Egypt is a muslim dominated country we can be sure she has succeeded on hard work and merit. Poor lady has probably had to be at least twice as good and twice as smart as her male contemporaries. You just know there has been at least one superior at every step that did all he could to insure she failed.


49 posted on 04/06/2021 9:18:40 AM PDT by oldvirginian (The glass is half empty because the damned thing is cracked and leaking. The 2020 election is proof.)
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To: rktman

A Woman.
A Plan.
Suez.


50 posted on 04/06/2021 9:19:04 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 (That`s 464 people per square foot! Is this corrrect?? It was NYC.)
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To: PROCON

She definitely didn’t do it. I perhaps should go administer advanced interrogation tactics to be sure though.


51 posted on 04/06/2021 9:20:26 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: rktman

So there’s no truth to the rumor that she was trying to parallel park? 😬


52 posted on 04/06/2021 9:22:33 AM PDT by Spok (All free men are equal only in their freedom; everything else is up to them.)
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To: PROCON

I like to climb Egyptian pyramids.


53 posted on 04/06/2021 9:23:47 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 (That`s 464 people per square foot! Is this corrrect?? It was NYC.)
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To: Maceman

zee?


54 posted on 04/06/2021 9:26:08 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: alstewartfan

Ummm... did you not read the article? She was not on the ship that went aground.


55 posted on 04/06/2021 9:28:12 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: oldvirginian

“Captain Marwa, don’t you think you’d be happier staying at home, keeping busy making Beef Shish-Kebabs and Eggplant Mousakkaa for some lucky young man? Maybe followed by a little dusting after the meals. That’s all my Mother ever did, and she used to tell me she felt like the happiest girl in Cairo! Did you know that never left the house for 47 years?”


56 posted on 04/06/2021 9:34:04 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: EvilCapitalist

57 posted on 04/06/2021 10:05:08 AM PDT by ASA Vet (The first two boxes failed. Only one remains.)
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To: rktman

Perhaps.


58 posted on 04/06/2021 10:14:46 AM PDT by Maceman (People who vote Democrat sell their lives (and ours) to the government and their souls to the Devil.)
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To: rktman

Ridiculous, the media reported the culprit, Trump.


59 posted on 04/06/2021 10:16:58 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Navy Patriot

Please no. Hope she was spared.

As of 2018, UNICEF’s latest data, from 2015, reports 14% of Egyptian girls aged 0 to 14 had been subjected to FGM, while 87% of females aged 15 to 49 had so.


60 posted on 04/06/2021 10:24:26 AM PDT by setter
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