Egyptian singer jailed for racy video
Associated Press
Published:
December 12, 2017
Updated:
December 12, 2017 11:49 AM EST
Shaimaa Ahmed, who performs under the name Shyma, has been sentenced to serve two years in jail for starring in a sexually suggestive music video. (YouTube screengrab)
CAIRO — An Egyptian female pop singer has been convicted of promoting debauchery in a racy video clip and sentenced to two years in prison.
The Cairo court also ordered Shaimaa Ahmed, better known by her stage name Shyma, to pay a fine of 10,000 pounds (about $560).
Shyma appears in the video in her underwear singing while suggestively eating an apple and a banana before a classroom of young men.
The video created a stir on social media in conservative and Muslim-majority Egypt and was discussed on TV talk shows.
Tuesday’s verdict by the court of misdemeanours can be appealed.
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