He was detained on August 14, 2013 as he was photographing the deadly dispersal of the Rabaa El Adaweya sit-in, in which supporters of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi gathered to protest a military coup that ended his presidency on July 3 that same year.
Aliwekwa kizuizini Agosti 2013 alipokuwa akipiga picha mtawanyiko wa kikao cha Rabaa El Adaweya ambapo waungaji mkono wa Rais wa zamani wa Misri Mohamed Morsi walikusanyika wakipinga mapinduzi ya kijeshi ambapo uongozi wake uliishia Julai 3 mwaka huo huo.