Few hours after the first Thanaweya Amma Exam, that was was Arabic language for the Science section, a student photo circulated the Egyptian social media accompanied with condolences and statements wishing him to rest in peace as the posts mentioned that the boy in the photos committed suicide because of the exam’s difficulty.
Abd Ellatif El-Shenawy, Thanaweya Amma student in literature section, was preparing for his Arabic exam, that took place a day after that of the science section, when he decided to take a look on the social media to see the reaction of students who took the exam earlier that day, to find various posts shared widely about a suicide incident that he wished the late student to rest in peace till he found out that the photo is all posts is his.
El Shenawy: I tried to contact as much as possible of the pages sharing the post to tell them I am alive
“I saw my photo while writing condolences in a comment on one of the posts”, El Shenawy said. In a state of shock, El Shenawy tried to contact as much as possible of the pages sharing the post in order to inform them that they are sharing and writing fake content.
El Shenawy added to “Trendify” that the spread of the post had already gone out of control while he was trying to stop it. So, he wrote a post on his facebook profile to declare falsity of the disseminating frauds.
El Shenawy: Some friends believed the post content and called to ask how it happened
“My family and friends were shocked, some believed the content of the posts and called my parents asking about how it happened and sent condolences”, El Shenawy described the scene among his close circle of surroundings.
The hustle happened because of the fake news led the 18-year-old student to loss of time to prepare for the exam on the following day since he was busy trying to correct the misinformation propagated about him.
“I still don’t know who is behind what happened but I think it may be someone from the studying groups I was active on who take my profile picture and used it”, El Shenawy illustrated.
El Shenawy: Some of my friends said sarcastically that I am back from death to retake the exam
Going the the exam next day, El Shenawy was met with surprise and fun comments from his school friends and even strangers who were shocked to see the person in the circulating photo still alive. “Some of my friends said sarcastically that I am back from death to retake the exam”.
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