Salma al shimi Future Starr Model

The UAE's first Arab supermodel. Salma al shimi face represents Arab pride across the world. During her childhood, she was a tomboy and was only allowed to play with boys after a male relative married her uncle. Her uncle earned a lot of money and hand-picked all girls in their family to become models. She was 16 years old and her uncle secretly had her trained as a model. Being a model at such a young age is not easy, and she struggled with her career.

In Egypt, in the past, many influencers and models have been arrested for clicking pictures that were deemed offensive by the locals. Recently, according to The Indian Express, model Salma Al-Shimi faced a similar issue while she was getting clicked by a photographer. The local police first arrested the photographer and later Salma. Read further to know what happened in detail. (Source: www.republicworld.com)

Salma Elshimy is on Instagram.

Salma Al Shimi is an award-winning photographer who has taken photographs around the world. Including the Gobi Desert, Ethiopia, the Alps, the Red Sea, the Philippines, and the Sahara Desert. Various other nationalities have also praised her for her work, including the Iraqi Directorate of Antiquities.

The model in question is also a real-life model too, according to her social media. The Instagram influencer has around 100,000 on her account with the handle salma.elshimy.official. However, she had 300,000 on her previous account which she says was hacked. (Source: www.hitc.com)

Learn more about the Egyptian fashion model, Salma Al-Shimi, on her Instagram page.

After launching her own label in January 2017 with three clothing collections. Egyptian model Salma Al-Shimi is transforming the world of fashion in design with her modern approach to the miniskirt.

Moments after Al-Shimi shared the controversial images and a video on Instagram, social media users called them “offensive”, “indecent” and “inappropriate”. (Photograph: Salma.elshimy.official/Instagram) (Source: indianexpress.com)

Salma El-Shimi was referred to the Public Prosecution Office in Egypt.

On Wednesday, the feminine model was referred to the Public Prosecution Office for having appeared in a video that ridiculed Egypt's army. The video, which was released on March 12, has since gone viral, garnering over 40 million views. El-Shimy published the video to her Instagram account with the caption, "in the name of God".

An Egyptian Instagram star and her photographer are in hot water over a saucy shoot in front of a pyramid. (Source: nypost.com)

Moments after Al-Shimi shared the controversial images and a video on Instagram, social media users called them “offensive”, “indecent” and “inappropriate”. (Photograph: Salma.elshimy.official/Instagram) (Source: indianexpress.com)

Drug dealing and drug trafficking lead to the arrest of both the model and the photographer.

The video is part of a bigger campaign that El-Shimy, in consultation with the American design company, SoBe in-house ambassador.

According to local news channel Akhbar el-Youm, Salma al-Shimi appeared before a prosecutor. And argued that she was unaware that photography without a permit was forbidden at the pyramid. Reportedly, the model also argued that her intent was to promote tourism to Egypt and not to offend anyone or the culture. (Source: www.zoomtventertainment.com)