Seham Abdul Hadi was arrested on January 5, 2014, along with her mother Aziza Sayyid Ahmed and her cousin Asra Hassan, in front of the old university dental clinic in Ismailia after the troops stationed dispersed the Demonstrations of the University of the Suez Canal and took her to a third Ismaili ad. She was presented before the prosecution, which was charged with participating in demonstrations, inciting violence, obstructing public security, violating the law on demonstrations, disrupting the constitution, and holding her accountable for investigations. She was released on July 24, 2014. Violations: an investigator entered her cell. He verbally insulted her with her mother and cousin and insulted the religion with the filthiest words.