The Dubai Court of Appeal has commuted a fine in the case of mutual assault between Egyptian artist Wissam Reda Ismail, known as Zeina and her sister, and an American family of father (lawyer) and mother, to be only 5000 dirhams instead of 10,000 dirhams.
The Misdemeanor Court closed the curtain after several sessions, and convicted the two parties of the attack, the artist and her sister, and an American family of Egyptian origin, after being involved in a mutual assault at a popular hotel restaurant in Dubai, and fined 10,000 dirhams, against all parties, and referred the civil lawsuit attached to it The competent civil court, the American lawyer appealed against the verdict, and the Court of Appeal reduced the fine imposed on him.
In the last hearing before the verdict, the Misdemeanor Court heard testimonies of a witness who happened to be in the restaurant when the incident took place. They talked with the actress, inquiring about why she assaulted their 12-year-old daughter. Zina's sister rushed to the mother, pushed her and then bitten her.The father tried to save her, but the actress beat him on his hand, pointing out that the father (the first accused) and the mother (the second accused) did not. He got a share of the attack when he tried to break up the fight.
The head of the Dubai Misdemeanors' Court, asked the two attorneys to defend both sides of the case, whether there was any intention or attempts to reconcile between the parties, but replied in the negative, stressing that they continue in the litigation process.
The incident took place on June 29, when the Egyptian actress was sitting with her sister and my first child and her friend at a restaurant in a popular hotel in Dubai, and the atmosphere suddenly tense when she thought - she said - that the daughter of the other defendants is a 12-year-old girl is filming, she attacked The girl insulted her in Arabic saying, "Hey animal," but the girl who was filming her brother did not answer because she did not speak Arabic, her father said.
• The court heard the evidence of a witness who happened to be in the restaurant when the incident occurred.