Anti-feminist trolls target first Egyptian woman captain with fake Arab News profile

LONDON: Anti-feminist trolls are using social media to spread fake news targeting Marwa Elselehdar, Egypt’s first female sea captain, claiming that she piloted the Suez canal-jammed ship Ever Given.

The trolls falsified an Arab News article on Elselehdar by changing the headline of a profile on the sea captain from “Marwa Elselehdar: Egypt’s first female sea captain is riding waves of success” to “Cargo ship crashes into Suez canal. First female Lloyd Arab captain involved in incident.”