Amani Al-Zain was arrested by the Presidency of State Security based on direct orders issued by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. She remains in detention in an unknown location since her arrest in Jeddah. Her arrest was likely connected to an old recording of a video chat between Al-Zain and Egyptian Internet activist Wael Ghonim. This video has spread widely on social networks in which Al-Zain called the Saudi crown prince by the nickname “Abu Munshar” (“father of the saw”), referring to the order he issued to kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi, whose body was cut up with a saw at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 02 October 2018. During the above-mentioned video chat, which originally published on 15 October 2019, the two are seen joking about freedom of expression in Saudi Arabia. Her arrest came after a large Twitter campaign bearing the Arabic hashtag #Amani_AlZain_insulting_Crown_Prince was initiated by an online army of government supporters who called for her arrest.