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

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”.

Singer Shyma and a music video director were sentenced to two years in prison for “inciting debauchery and immorality” in her “Andy Zoroof” video.

Singer Shyma was arrested on suspicion of “incitement to debauchery” over her new video for song “Andy Zoroof”, which authorities considered too suggestive.

The Egyptian ministry responsible for religious endowments suspended an imam due to him singing a song on a TV talk show while wearing religious clothing.

Authorities arrested seven men accused of being gay after they raised a LGBT flag at a concert by band Mashrou' Leila, who is now banned from the country.

A lawyer filed a lawsuit against TV series ‘La Tofte’ El Shams’ (Don’t Let the Sun Set) for allegedly offending Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

On 2 July 2017, the Egyptian Censorship Board rejected four songs from being released on Cairokee’s new album without giving the band an official reason.

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