A group of Egyptian doctors launched a Facebook page with the Arabic title that translates to "where would you like me to put it?" last Wednesday in response to comments made by the Giza governor during a routine visit to a medical center in Cairo's Kerdasa district on September 5.
"Hysterical laughter, the doctors created a Facebook page called "where would you like me to put it?" as a gift to the Giza governor and it's full of photos of them with their hands in their lab coats' pockets."
In the video that was widely shared on social media, Giza governor Khaled Zakaria tells a young doctor who has his hands in his lab coat's pockets "take your hands out of your pockets when you talk to me."
The page, which got more than 25,000 likes in four days, was launched by a group of doctors in solidarity with the young doctor who they feel was deeply insulted by the governor's comments, an insult they believe is offensive to the whole medical community in Egypt.
The page continues to post sarcastic photos showing Egyptian doctors with their hands in their lab coats' pockets from different hospitals, pharmacies and medical centers across the country, as well as photos of Egyptian doctors working abroad in different Arab countries and in the United States as well.
The humorous stand is not the only reason behind creating the page however, as the admins of the Facebook page-turned-campaign also demanded that the governor either apologize or resign his post, or that the government take action against him.
In addition, the admins also asked Egyptian doctors to post photos of neglect in medical facilities in the Giza governorate as they wrote that "the whole story" behind the page is for doctors to post a photo of themselves with their hands in their pockets, preferably beside any form of neglect in the governorate's medical facilities.
However, most of the discourse on social media surrounding the incident indicated that the heart of the matter was not one of neglect but of the rampant classism in Egyptian society, constantly differentiating between an upper and lower class.
"Let's continue with our focus on the governor so that even if he doesn't apologize or resign, he will still have payed a very high price for his arrogance," the group said.
This is not the first time that a social media campaign has emerged in response to comments made by an Egyptian official during a visit to a healthcare facility, as in June another Facebook page was anonymously created to share photos of health care conditions across the country, also in response to comments caught on camera.