Heba

Heba Selim (; 1947-1974) was an Egyptian woman who worked as a spy for Mossad along with her fiancé Farouk Al-Fikki.

Biography Heba Selim was born in Asyut Governorate in Upper Egypt. She grew up in the upper-class Cairo suburb Mohandessin. One of her instructors, a French man, offered her the opportunity of furthering her studies in at the Sorbonne in Paris. She stayed with an Egyptian family in Paris and was a regular guest at the Egyptian ambassador's home. In a 2010 Egyptian TV program, the ambassador, Fakhry Othman, described her as attractive, cheerful, bright, and patriotic. He did note, however, that she struggled financially as she could not find work in the Egyptian Embassy in Paris.

In Paris, she met a Jewish colleague of Polish descent who invited her to a party with other Jewish friends, and convinced her of Israeli aspirations for peace, which was also an ambition of hers. is flown to Egypt after her capture in Libya. As the plane approaches Cairo airport, her escorting intelligence officer points at the pyramids and the Nile and then, in a most condemning tone he says "we heya dee Masr ya abla" (and this is Egypt Abla).