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"Hanin Hossam" Faces Charges over Inappropriate TikTok Video


Mon 20 Apr 2020 | 11:38 PM
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On Monday, the Cairo University decided to refer Hanin Hossam, a student at the Faculty of Archaeology, to an internal investigation panel for posting inappropriate videos on social media platform 'Tiktok', and challenging the public morality.

The Tiktok student posted a video calling upon girls to go live on online applications for short videos called "likee" and make friends in return for payment.

The video stirred anger on social media over the last couple of days.

On his part, the Cairo University President Mohamed Othman El-Khosht said he had received several messages that a student in the University was calling upon females to shoot "inappropriate" videos in return for money.

He stressed that the university will impose the maximum penalty against the student, who is likely to be expelled from the university for acting against the Egyptian community's values and traditions.

Hanin, who has recently became the number one trend in Egypt. But it’s not for making cool videos or having a certain talent for instance, but merely just out of controversy!

Many People have seen her on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram making fun of her so-called photoshopped pictures, her taste in clothes and music and finally the way she speaks English.

It all started with this one video, where she explained how an English phrase “My Mine” she used earlier is actually correct, despite what those who made fun of her on social media were saying.

And within a few hours, celebrities and social media users everywhere used “My Mine” on their pictures to keep up with the trend.

Does the fact that Hanin Hossam herself is actually more than okay with the whole situation makes this acceptable and inoffensive?