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Jail sentence reduced for TV guest who commented on 'infidelity in Upper Egypt'.

A Cairo misdemeanours court reduced on Wednesday a three-year jail sentence against Taymour El-Sobki to three months for "spreading false news that aims to disrupt general peace."

El-Sobki, who runs a comedic Facebook page called “The Diary of a Suffering Man,” which has garnered over one million likes, caused controversy when he appeared on the programme Momken (It is Possible) on CBC channel, opining about infidelity among married women.

"Thirty percent of women have a readiness for immorality... but cannot find someone to encourage them," he said.

El-Sobki claimed that wives in the Upper Egyptian governorates of Assiut, Minya, Sohag, Qena, Luxor and Aswan were particularly likely to be unfaithful because of arranged marriages and local men working abroad.

Although the episode aired in December, clips began circulating on social media in February, causing a public outcry. His comments were denounced by a number of MPs representing Upper Egyptian constituencies as an insult to local women.

He later apologised, and said his remarks were “taken out of context.”

Momken was suspended for 15 days in the wake of the controversy, and host Khairy Ramadan and CBC have apologised for El-Sobki’s comments.

Source: http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/204014.aspx

Wonder what his percentage for men would have been given a Muslim man can have 4 wives? Also wonder if querying men would have gotten him a jail sentence.........another "only in Egypt moment."

It seems that anyone, even comedians, have to be circumspect about what they say in the Egypt of today.Remarks, throw-away or otherwise, which are considered by some to be "non PC" are likely to get you into hot water.

Bassem Youssef has already been hounded out of Egypt on this account.

Even if his remarks were meant as a serious comment (which I doubt) I'm not sure how they can be construed as " spreading false news that aims to disrupt general peace". That's usually the charge levied at journalists publishing what is deemed to be false information. As an aside, and with regard to journalists, I gather stating the truth is, unlike in cases of libel, not an adequate defence if what you say is unpalatable to the powers that be.


Maybe "having bad taste" or " insulting Egyptian-ness" should be added to the statutes as criminal offences so everyone knows where they stand.

I could suggest some elements of society need to grow a sense of humour......but I won't. Not me , your honour. No way!