Egyptian female captain subject to fake news campaign blaming her for blockage
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By Abbie Cheeseman
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Egyptâs first female ship captain says she was subject to a fake news campaign blaming her for grounding the Ever Given container ship in the Suez Canal, despite at the time working on a ship that was hundreds of kilometres away.
Marwa Elselehdar was working as a first mate in command of the Aida IV in Alexandria when the 220,000 ton Ever Given got stuck, blocking one of the worldâs busiest shipping routes for six days.