The victim, a 40-year-old tour guide, was arrested on May 28, 2022. She appeared before the Supreme State Security Prosecution the next day - May 29, 2022 - accused of joining a terrorist group and spreading false news. The Prosecution issued a decision to detain her for 15 days pending investigations. Case No. 440 of 2022, Supreme State Security.

Her family says that the reason for her arrest is her appearance in a video on the social networking site "Facebook" complaining that the governor of South Sinai exposed her person, to persuade her to enter into a relationship with him - according to what was mentioned in the video -, and she and her four children were arrested, as soon as the refusal was announced on her part, and she remained The woman was detained in the Sharm El-Sheikh police station for 6 days, and she was released without being presented to any of the investigation authorities, or assigning a case to her, and Donia continued to suffer from constant harassment from the person of the governor of South Sinai even after she left the station, and Amin was dismissed The police, who testified in her favor, and Dunya could not remain silent about the matter any longer, and she published the video that was the reason for her arrest after that.

Update: The Supreme State Security Prosecution issued a decision to release her on September 1, 2025.