Thursday, July 25, 2013

Correction: Nasser and Sisi

From anonymous:  "That Nasser is about to shake Sisi's hand as a child in the picture you posted is pure fiction.  The same photo was made popular before on the basis that the child in the picture is former Egyptian presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi.  Of course, the child is neither.  It is likely someone called Mahmoud Sobhy (not a public figure as far as i am aware) whose daughter posted on Facebook another childhood picture that appears to substantiate that her father, Mahmoud Sobhy, is the child in question.  Here is the Facebook post of Mahmoud Sobhy's daughter, though I am not quite sure if its privacy settings will let you or your readers see it: