Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel Wahab has been sentenced to six months in prison for joking about the cleanliness of the River Nile.<\/p>\n
Sherine, one of the country’s most famous singers – and a judge on the Arabic version of The Voice TV show – told a fan that drinking from the famous river might give them parasites.<\/p>\n
“Drink Evian instead,” she joked.<\/p>\n
Another singer, Laila Amer, was also sentenced on Tuesday to two years in prison over a music video.<\/p>\n
Ms Amer – who is not as well known as Sherine – was found guilty of “inciting debauchery and immorality”. The director and another actor were sentenced to shorter terms.<\/p>\n
Sherine, meanwhile, has been convicted by a Cairo court of spreading false news. Egyptian news outlet Ahram said she was ordered to pay 5,000 Egyptian pounds (\u00a3204) as bail, in addition to a fine of 10,000 pounds and remains free until her case is concluded.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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