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Mohammed Ramadan Stirs Controversy, Sued for Appearing Shirtless On Stage

April 6, 2019

Egyptian lawyers Samir Sabry and Ayman Mahfouz sent a legal notice to the head of Egypt’s Musicians Syndicate Hany Shaker in response to Mohamed Ramadan’s first live concert in which he was seen with minimal clothing and ‘inappropriate’ dancing. “We have waited for the reaction of the Musicians Syndicate, but it did not raise a finger, which led us to submit a legal notice in accordance with the law,” Mahfouz said. The lawyer added that Ramadan’s ‘erotic’ dance moves while wearing little clothing represent criminal and disciplinary crimes, and that it is not clear whether he had obtained a permit from the union to sing or perform in such a manner in the concert. Mahfouz noted that Ramadan’s acts are punishable by disciplinary or criminal courts in accordance with the Egyptian Penal Code, which stipulates that anyone who has publicly committed a blatant act of indecency shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year with a fine not exceeding LE300. Sabry said that Ramadan’s behavior also negatively influences his young audience who are supposed to be the ‘nation’s future’, and that this is not the first…


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