Egypt’s Sherine Jailed For Suggesting The River Nile Is Unhealthy To Drink

Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel Wahab has been sentenced to 6 months imprisonment and banned from performing in the country for joking about the cleanliness for the River Nile.

The lawsuit against Sherine was filed in November after a video emerged online showing her being asked to sing her song ‘Mashrebtesh Men Nilha’ which translates as ‘Have You Drunk From The Nile’.

She responded by saying “drinking from the Nile will get me schistosomiasis” – a disease commonly known in Egypt as bilharzia, which once plagued rural water sources.

The Egyptian Musicians Syndicate announced it had banned her from performing over her “unjustified mockery of our dear Egypt”.

The singer had apologised for the joke which she said happened over a year ago saying, “My beloved country Egypt and sons of my country Egypt, I apologise to you with all my heart for any pain I may have caused you,”