Fatma Qandil, 1st Egyptian female judge at Cairo Criminal Court

CAIRO – 21 August 2019: The first Egyptian female judge, Fatma Qandil, was seen on Aug. 20 ruling among three other consultants in a Cairo Criminal Court headed by counselor Mohamed Ali Mustafa.

Judge Qandil was one of the ruling judges in a murder case.



The defendant was found guilty of murdering his family members for asking to be landed an amount of money of LE 500. When his relative refused to give him money, he got angry, headed to the Kitchen, pulled a knife and stabbed him.

The defendant confessed during the investigations.





Judge Qandil appeared earlier in May in another case related to stock manipulation. She was one of the jury members of a court headed by Judge Mohamed al-Fekky.