Tahani El-Gabali, the first female judge appointed in Egypt, has passed away, as a result of complications from being infected with the Corona virus.
And the official Egyptian News Agency reported that Al-Jabali, the former Vice-President of the Supreme Constitutional Court (the highest judicial body in the country), died this morning, Sunday, at the age of 71, as a result of complications from being infected with the Corona virus a few days ago.
It is scheduled to pray for the deceased in a mosque in her hometown of Tanta, in the north of the country, after which she will be buried, according to local media.
Tahani Al-Jabali, born on November 20, 1950, worked as a lawyer for about 30 years before being appointed in 2003 as the country’s first female judge and deputy head of the Supreme Constitutional Court, after the approval of the Supreme Council of Judicial Bodies, and she is still the only woman to occupy the highest judicial position in the country. history of Egypt.
Early this morning, Sunday, the Egyptian Ministry of Health announced – in a statement – the registration of 29 deaths and 830 injuries, which raised the total until yesterday, Saturday, to nearly 392,000 cases, and nearly 22 thousand deaths.
The chancellor, Tahani al-Jabali, sister and friend, judge and fighter, passed away. The woman who pledged her life to defend the homeland and the nation, I knew her for forty years, a fighter in every sense of the word, faced terrorism decisively, Egyptians still remember her stances during the rule of the Brotherhood, when she refused
— Mustafa Bakri (@BakryMP) January 9, 2022
death #congratulations_aljabali Vice President of the Supreme Constitutional Court of #CoronaShe was one of the staunch enemies of the January revolution, use it #military To fight the revolution through the rulings it issued and were the reason for what we have reached now.
Today she leaves without titles or honors, only she will find her work waiting for her.
O Allah, treat her with your justice, not with your mercy pic.twitter.com/0JH5fIYpnB— Ahmed Elbaqry (@AhmedElbaqry) January 9, 2022