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The jailing of five female social media influencers is dominating the conversation on <\/strong>Egypt in the foreign press this morning:<\/strong> A court yesterday sentenced five female TikTok personalities to two years\u2019 in prison for posting \u201cindecent\u201d content on the video-sharing app. The women were also handed fines of EGP 300k each (AFP<\/a> | Reuters<\/a> | BBC<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Elsewhere:<\/strong> Haaretz<\/a> looks at a proposed law<\/a> that would make Dar Al Ifta independent of Al Azhar and report directly to the government, while Egypt\u2019s MeToo moment is also getting more attention from the Financial<\/a>Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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