Current Events > Egyptian girl charged with public obscenity after showing legs. Faces 5 years.

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An Egyptian actress is facing trial next month charged with public obscenity after she attended the closing ceremony of a film festival in Cairo wearing a see-through embroidered gauze dress that revealed the entirety of her legs.

Rania Youssef's trial, which is scheduled to begin Jan. 12, follows a complaint to the chief prosecutor by a group of lawyers against the actress.

Egypt is a mostly conservative country with a Muslim majority. The Arab country of 100 million people has retained vestiges of secularism despite decades of growing religious conservatism, but Youssef's case serves as a reminder that Islamic fundamentalism still pervades society five years after an Islamist president was ousted by the military.

Youssef faces up to five years in prison if convicted.

Full ARticle: https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/egyptian-actress-charged-with-public-obscenity-after-showing-off-legs-in-sheer-dress



"secularism" ...right.....
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I'd like to see more than just her legs
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Religion was a mistake
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crazy and sad. grateful for life in the western world.
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ironically she'd be praised for her legs probably in ancient egypt

hockeybub89 posted...

Religion was a mistake

We know but saying that is like earning the platinum fedora.
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Egypt was better off under the pharaohs.
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If only she knew the oppression women in the west faced.
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YourDrunkFather posted...

If only she knew the oppression women in the west faced.

like what?
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