A province in Egypt has banned Disney cartoon characters from schools and wants them replaced with images of military heroes.

Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy was sentenced to three years in jail and fined for “publishing false news” and “insulting the army” through his poetry.

Freemuse calls for the release of poet Galal El-Behairy, who has been detained for 149 days, and for charges against him in two cases to be dropped.

On 29 May 2018, Cairo Criminal Court ruled to lift the travel restrictions placed on Egyptian writer, Ahmed Najy.

Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy's sentencing is postponed until 28 July 2018, one month after his initial verdict hearing.

Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy is set to appear in a military court trial on 9 May 2018 over charges of “spreading false news” and “insulting the army” related to the release of his latest book of poetry “Earth’s Finest Women”.

Poet Galal El-Behairy has been detained on charges of insulting the Egyptian army and Islam over lyrics for a song and latest poetry book.

Since the start of 2018, Egyptian courts have sentenced at least three women singers to prison for music that was considered to be immoral and insulting to Egypt.

Egyptian female singer and dancer Fatma, popularly known as Eghraa was arrested on 20 December 2017 on charges of “inciting debauchery” and “violating public decency” for the viral music video of her song “I Want a Man”.

On 2 January 2018, Egyptian authorities arrested female singer Laila Amer on charges of “violating public decency” and “inciting debauchery” in a video for her song “Bos Omak” in which the singer belly dances and makes “provocative gestures”.