She had been one of the top contestants for the show and had impressed the judges. Her performance has been viewed over a million times.However, her time in the spotlight would be brief. "Several older tweets had been dug up that showed Ibtissem was critical of Israel's 2014 attack on Gaza, which left well over 2,000 Palestinians dead. She posted that the real terrorists were the government.On Facebook, an association of victims for the 2016 Bastille attack remarked that Ibtissem's statements were "unacceptable." ""I've never meant to hurt anyone, and the idea that I would do so on purpose pains me a lot."

Source: Egypt Today February 11, 2018 08:25 UTC