Sama El-Masri, a belly dancer from Egypt has been sent to prison for a three-year term and fined $20,000 fine for 'incitement to debauch' for her supposed provocative videos on TikTok.
Sama was issued the ruling for 'incitement to debauch' for publishing footage on social media that is against public modesty and publicly displaying shameful acts. She has also been accused of prostitution/temptation through her videos.
Fans are in shock and have slammed the court's judgment. Egpyt has been accused of slut-shaming women and enforcing age-old regressive ideas upon them in the garb of spreading "morality" in society.
Earlier, university student Haneen Hossam was accused of promoting prostitution and arrested in April this year after posting a clip, telling her more than 1.3 million followers that girls could make money on TikTok.