Massive controversy hit Egypt’s social media on Tuesday after photos appeared of a group of young students performing a play at their school in Egypt’s Dakahlia province imitating Friday’s al-Rawda mosque attack in North Sinai that left 309 people dead. Social media users expressed outrage at the play which showed one group of students lying on the ground playing dead worshipers, while another group played the militant attackers. Most of the protestations centred around the school administration who allegedly made the students perform the play. Akhbar al-Youm quoted the Ministry spokesperson as saying that the school administration responsible for setting up the play did not receive prior permission from the Ministry. Friday’s attack, the deadliest in Egypt’s recent history, saw 27 children being killed.

Source: Egypt Independent November 29, 2017 13:07 UTC