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| Egyptian pop singer sent to prison for video that 'incited debauchery' | Egyptian pop singer sent to prison for video that 'incited debauchery' |
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| An Egyptian pop singer has been sentenced to two years in prison for “inciting debauchery” in a racy music video clip. | An Egyptian pop singer has been sentenced to two years in prison for “inciting debauchery” in a racy music video clip. |
| Shyma, a little-known 21-year-old singer, was also fined 10,000 pounds (£420) by a Cairo court. | |
| The director of the clip, Mohamed Gamal, received the same sentence. Both can appeal against the ruling. | The director of the clip, Mohamed Gamal, received the same sentence. Both can appeal against the ruling. |
| Shyma was arrested on 18 November, police said, following complaints about the video for her song I Have Issues. | Shyma was arrested on 18 November, police said, following complaints about the video for her song I Have Issues. |
| In the video, she appears singing in her underwear and suggestively eating an apple and a banana before a classroom of young men. | In the video, she appears singing in her underwear and suggestively eating an apple and a banana before a classroom of young men. |
| The video created a stir on social media in conservative Egypt and was discussed on TV talkshows. | The video created a stir on social media in conservative Egypt and was discussed on TV talkshows. |
| “Singer Shyma presents a lesson in depravity to youths,” said the Youm 7 newspaper in an article after the video was released. | “Singer Shyma presents a lesson in depravity to youths,” said the Youm 7 newspaper in an article after the video was released. |
| In a Facebook post at the time, Shyma apologised for the video and said she had not anticipated the backlash. | In a Facebook post at the time, Shyma apologised for the video and said she had not anticipated the backlash. |
| “I didn’t imagine all this would happen and that I would be subjected to such a strong attack from everyone, as a young singer … who has dreamt from a young age of being a singer,” she wrote. | “I didn’t imagine all this would happen and that I would be subjected to such a strong attack from everyone, as a young singer … who has dreamt from a young age of being a singer,” she wrote. |
| The authorities under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi have used wide-ranging morality laws to crack down on a range of artists. | The authorities under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi have used wide-ranging morality laws to crack down on a range of artists. |
| In 2015, a court jailed a female dancer to a year in prison for “inciting debauchery” in a raunchy music video for a song called Let Go of My Hand. | In 2015, a court jailed a female dancer to a year in prison for “inciting debauchery” in a raunchy music video for a song called Let Go of My Hand. |