{"id":405150,"date":"2018-02-28T06:31:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T06:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=405150"},"modified":"2018-02-28T06:31:46","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T06:31:46","slug":"famous-egyptian-singer-sentenced-prison-river-nile-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/famous-egyptian-singer-sentenced-prison-river-nile-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Famous Egyptian singer sentenced to prison over River Nile joke"},"content":{"rendered":"
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":"
Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel Wahab has been sentenced to six months in prison for joking about the cleanliness of the River Nile. 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":405152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[696,17453],"yoast_head":"\n