He said during interrogations he did not mean to bully or ridicule the student. Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education in Damietta suspended the teacher from work and referred him to investigations as punishment. Abdallah accused Diab of repeatedly embarrassing her in front of her classmates. “My father noticed I was upset and insisted on knowing the reason, so I had to tell him what happened. Education Minister Tarek Shawki invited the student to his office and apologized to her for the teacher’s racist discrimination.

Source: Egypt Independent November 28, 2018 08:23 UTC