The Musicians Syndicate cancelled its decision to ban Egyptian artist Sherine (real name Sherine Abdel-Wahab) from singing on 4 June 2019.
Read More »Egypt: Poet Galal El-Behairy has been conditionally released from the Civilian Court case
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.
Read More »Egypt: Disney cartoon characters banned from classrooms
A province in Egypt has banned Disney cartoon characters from schools and wants them replaced with images of military heroes.
Read More »Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy sentenced to three years in jail
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.
Read More »Freemuse calls for release of Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy
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.
Read More »Egypt: Travel ban against writer lifted
On 29 May 2018, Cairo Criminal Court ruled to lift the travel restrictions placed on Egyptian writer, Ahmed Najy.
Read More »Detained Egyptian poet sentencing postponed
Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy's sentencing is postponed until 28 July 2018, one month after his initial verdict hearing.
Read More »Freemuse calls for charges to be dropped against Egyptian poet
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”.
Read More »Egypt: Poet detained and allegedly tortured over lyrics and latest book
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.
Read More »Egypt: Female singer to face trial over racy music video
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”.
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