Social media was abuzz in recent hours with news of the Egyptian actor Ahmed Elawady getting engaged to a young woman outside the artistic community. Social media users expressed their shock after a series of photos emerged showing Elawady with his cousin. However, it later became clear that the news was merely a rumor, as it was revealed that the circulating photos were indeed from Elawady's engagement to his cousin that took place before his marriage to the Egyptian actress Yasmine Abdel Aziz.