A court in Egypt has reportedly jailed for two years a singer who appeared in a music video in her underwear, while suggestively eating a banana.
Shaimaa Ahmed, a 25-year-old known professionally as Shyma, was arrested last month after the video sparked outrage in the conservative country.
On Tuesday, she was found guilty of inciting wickedness and publishing an indecent film.
The video’s director was also sentenced to two years in prison in absentia.
Shyma had apologised before her arrest to people who took the video for the song, I Have Issues, “in an inappropriate way”.
Last year, Egyptian courts sentenced three female dancers to six months each in prison after convicting them of inciting wickedness in music videos.
Another singer is meanwhile facing trial for “spreading provocative publicity” because she suggested that drinking from the River Nile could make someone ill.
Egypt Singer Jailed For ‘Inciting Debauchery’ In Music Video
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