The Egyptian model Salma Al-Shimi and her photographer Houssa Mohammed were arrested by Egyptian Police for taking photographs at the ancient site without authorization.
Salma Al-Shimi is Instagram Model she shared images of herself dressed in an ancient pharaoh costume and posing in front of pyramid. after Al-Shimi shared the controversial images and a video on Instagram, social media users called them “offensive”, “indecent” and “inappropriate”.
soon after Egyptian fashion model and her photographer was arrested. However, after heavy criticism over the arrests, the authorities released them on bail the next day.
Al-Shimi said that her aim was not to degrade Egyptian culture, but rather to promote tourism.