An Egyptian pop star has been banged up for two years over a “sexually explicit” music video showing her eating a banana. She was arrested on November 18 after massive complaints about the video. Singer Shyma was sentenced yesterday by a court in Cairo for “inciting debauchery” with the racy clip, a judicial source said. In the video, she appears in a mock classroom licking an apple and suggestively eating a banana in front of a chalkboard scrawled with “Class #69”. Youm 7 newspaper covered the controversial video’s release, writing: “Singer Shyma presents a lesson in depravity to youths.” In a Facebook post at the time, Shyma apologised for the video and said she had not anticipated the backlash. She wrote: “I didn’t imagine all this would happen and that I would be subjected to such a strong attack from everyone.” Shyma also claimed the director of the video – who was sentenced to two years in prison as well, in absentia – included the controversial scenes without her consent. But it was not enough to save her and she was convicted of inciting debauchery and producing a video harming public morality. In addition to their jail sentences, Shyma and director Mohamed Gamal were also fined 10,000 pounds (£420) each. Shygma Arrested And Sentenced To Two Years Imprisonment For Eating A Banana In A Music Video By Unknown Thursday, December 14, 2017 Share Tweet Share Share Email An Egyptian pop star has been banged up for two years over a “sexually explicit” music video showing her eating a banana. She was arrested on November 18 after massive complaints about the video. Singer Shyma was sentenced yesterday by a court in Cairo for “inciting debauchery” with the racy clip, a judicial source said. In the video, she appears in a mock classroom licking an apple and suggestively eating a banana in front of a chalkboard scrawled with “Class #69”. Youm 7 newspaper covered the controversial video’s release, writing: “Singer Shyma presents a lesson in depravity to youths.” In a Facebook post at the time, Shyma apologised for the video and said she had not anticipated the backlash. She wrote: “I didn’t imagine all this would happen and that I would be subjected to such a strong attack from everyone.” Shyma also claimed the director of the video – who was sentenced to two years in prison as well, in absentia – included the controversial scenes without her consent. But it was not enough to save her and she was convicted of inciting debauchery and producing a video harming public morality. In addition to their jail sentences, Shyma and director Mohamed Gamal were also fined 10,000 pounds (£420) each. No comments Comment Here
