Female captain deflects Ever Given rumours

Egypt's first female ship's captain has been blamed for the Suez Canal blockage despite having been hundreds of kilometres away from the incident. Marwa Elselehdar said the online rumours accusing her of being at the helm on the Ever Given container ship when it beached. At the time of the jam, Elselehdar was working as a first mate on the Aida IV in Alexandria. BBC News reports that an investigation is underway to explain the Ever Given's grounding, but it is clear that the 29-year-old was not to blame. ‘I felt that I might be targeted maybe because I'm a successful female in this field or because I'm Egyptian,’ she told BBC News. In 2016, she became the youngest and first female Egyptian captain to cross the Suez Canal.