All about the female ship captain, who is being brutally trolled for blocking Suez Canal In a surprising development, trolls are blaming Egypt's first female captain Marwa Elselehdar for blocking the Suez Canal despite the fact that she was on a different boat around 230 miles away. DNA Web Team Apr 5, 2021, 02:33 PM IST In a surprising development, trolls are blaming Egypt's first female captain Marwa Elselehdar for blocking the Suez Canal despite the fact that she was on a different boat around 230 miles away. 1. Where was Marwa Elselehdar? 1/5 Marwa Elselehdar was on Aida IV in Alexandria when a huge container ship Ever Given became wedged in the canal, stopping the movement of ships in Egpyt's iconic Suez Canal.