The investigation with Egyptian singer Shirin after a joke deemed "offensive to the country's reputation"

The Egyptian Music Union suspended singer Sherine Abdel Wahab from her work in the country after a lawyer filed a lawsuit against her, accusing her of publishing false news.

According to a union statement, the investigation would include statements that "would undermine Egyptian national security".

According to local newspapers and media, the singer reportedly said at a ceremony in Bahrain that she could now speak because someone who was speaking in Egypt was likely to be in prison. The singer denied it as "broken words from its context".

"To joke"

Sherine Abdel Wahab will be appearing on Wednesday before the Investigation Committee of the Union of Music Professions and will not be allowed to ride on any platform in Egypt until the committee has made its decision on communications submitted to the union and social media reactions, the Egyptian

"Although Shirin's artistic performance is no different from that of two years, she has no responsibility to be a singer to the extent of her internal and external influence." For each article, even though she does not mean or was not a joke, "said Tareq Mourtada,.

For her part, the singer defended in a statement about her belonging to her country and is dedicated to the use of the law to address those whom she describes as "amateur fishing in waters". disturbances ", adding that she did not insure herself or her family except in her country.

She lamented that "the proof of her conviction of those who hastened to lodge a complaint against her is simply a declaration of condemnation".

"Decolle?"

This is not the first time the singer is held responsible for a public teaser. In January, the prosecutor opened an investigation with the singer after a similar statement after stating at a concert: "I am a loss for the country".

Shirin also apologized during another incident when a clip of her concert was released in the UAE, in which she responded to a request from one of the fans to play the song "Meserbach of Neilha", according to which drinking water from the Nile was at the origin of the "schistosomiasis" French mineral water.

Lawyer Samir Sabri said in her statement to the singer that she was "used to all the foreign forums, festivals and parties to harass Egypt".

He added that he had attached a CD confirming what Shereen Abdel Wahab had said at a concert in Bahrain: "I would like to be able to talk about my happiness in Egypt," he said. said in a statement posted on his Facebook page.

"International Charters"

According to lawyer Nejad El-Borai, the speed with which punitive measures are taken is contrary to international conventions guaranteeing freedom of expression.

"If she said that she was afraid to speak in Egypt not to be imprisoned, it would be unreasonable to punish her," he told the BBC.

"The trial of any criticism, even humorous, must give the message that Egypt removes freedom of expression and that this is not in the interest of the country and its democratic development. . "

"I call on the public prosecutor's office to review and evaluate the communications presented to him, as he is entitled to preserve some of these communications, in particular those provided by those who are not affected, in view of the ratification by the Egyptian constitution of the maintenance of freedom of expression and international agreements signed by the country. "