By Hend Kortam Researcher and lecturer Atef Botros, who has been based at a German university for years, was not allowed into Egypt on Friday, sources at the airport told Aswat Masriya. Botros arrived at Cairo International Airport on Friday using a German passport, according to the sources, who added that Botros’s name was on a “no fly list”. Upon his arrival, he was informed that his name was on the list and requested to present any paperwork to prove that he is Egyptian, which he failed to do, the sources said. Later, Botros said he had been ‘banned from entering Egypt’. But amid a general obscurity on why Botros was unable to enter the country, the news of his deportation has been receiving criticism on social media. Researcher at the Free University of Berlin, Taqadum Al-Khatib praised Botros, in a message he posted on Twitter. “So far, I have not met an Egyptian living abroad like Atef, a lover of his country who works for it in silence, with sincerity,” he said. Khatib, who described Botros as a brother and a friend to him, said when you see his…
