Course on online blackmail runs to 12 November at Hurghada women's council
Two Hurghada University academics opened the programme at the National Council for Women's Red Sea branch, which covers victims' rights, legal steps and how to report a case.
10 November 2026
A three-day awareness course on online blackmail opened on Tuesday at the National Council for Women's Red Sea branch in Hurghada and runs until 12 November.
The branch says the course covers the main types of cybercrime, how online blackmail works and which groups are most exposed to it, along with digital protection measures, the rights of victims, the legal steps open to them and how to report a case and ask for support. Seventeen women and girls took part on the first day.
The two opening lectures were given by Maged Gaber, a lecturer at Hurghada University's Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, and Yosr Mahmoud, a teaching assistant at its Faculty of Computers and Artificial Intelligence. Part of the aim, the branch says, is to prepare participants to pass on what they learn within their own communities.