CAIRO — An English literature professor who plans to run for president of Egypt is being disciplined for teaching John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost" and posting on Facebook videos of herself dancing.

Suez University instructor Mona Prince faces a hearing Sept. 12, a continuation of one held Aug. 28. Prince has been disciplined in the past and has been suspended since Aug. 6, when she was also referred to the public prosecutor for possible criminal charges. Accusations against her include contempt of religion, talking to students about religious beliefs and posting videos on social media that offended professors in the Faculty of Arts and the university. Her teaching of “Paradise Lost,” according to the school, amounted to "calling for the glorifying of Satan."

When Prince left the disciplinary board’s room, she said, “From my point of view, the whole issue was fabricated by the university to get rid of me for good. After reviewing the file … a very big file at that, [I found] testimonies of students that are mostly not true about me not working, wearing short [dresses] and not being suitable to teach. This is not a problem since these students are still young and don’t know what it is to teach or what the teaching methods are. According to assessments, I am a failed teacher. In reality, I am not sure if these assessment forms were made for other teachers also, or just me.”

On April 4, Prince sparked a major controversy on social networking websites after she posted on Facebook a video of herself on her rooftop courtyard dancing to the rhythm of “Leh Bedari Keda,” a song by Egyptian artist Ruby, whose music and dancing videos some people consider to be provocative. Her real problems began, she said, when a journalist published pictures of her drinking and wearing a bikini, along with a video of her belly dancing.