Filmmaker Moataz Abdel Wahab remains detained on charges of "membership in a terrorist group" and "publication and dissemination of fake news and false data".

Assala Nasri has been condemned by the Lybian authorities for showing the image of Omar Al-Mukhtar next to Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in her new music video.

Egyptian filmmaker Sanaa Seif has been detained in Cairo after being forced into a minivan outside of Cairo’s General Prosecutors office on 23 June. Twitter posts from the artist’s sister Mona Seif appear to indicate that Sanaa remains detained.

Freemuse, along with more than 60 organisations, calls for an open and independent investigation into the jailing and death of Shady Habash.

On the eve of Eid al-Fitr, cultural rights defenders submit a joint letter calling on the Egyptian president to release Mustafa and Galal. 

We, the undersigned, call for the immediate release of Mustafa Gamal from prison in Egypt.

24-year old Shady Habash was awaiting trial in the city’s Tora prison on pre-trial charges of “spreading false news” and “joining a banned organisation”.

The Musicians Syndicate cancelled its decision to ban Egyptian artist Sherine (real name Sherine Abdel-Wahab) from singing on 4 June 2019.

Poet will stay behind bars, having been sentenced to 3 years in prison and 10 000 Egyptian pounds (480 euros) fine in the Military Court in Cairo.

Lawyers have dropped legal action against Egyptian actress Rania Youssef, who they accused of "inciting debauchery" for wearing a see-through dress.