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Egyptian TV Host Tamer Amin Back on Air After Sexist Comments to Olympic Swimmer Rania Elwani

August 27, 2019
Tamer Amin on ‘El Leila Di’ (photo: CBC)

Egyptian TV host Tamer Amin has been reinstated and permitted to resume his show Akher El Nahar (End of the Day) on the Al Nahar Network. Amin had been accused of misogyny and sexism after insulting Olympic swimmer, gynecologist, and member of parliament Rania Elwani’s husband on the air for co-parenting. During a segment of a June 2019 interview, Elwani was discussing her family life and the support system that has allowed her to succeed as a global sports hero, a medical professional, and a politician, praising her husband for supporting her along her journey. “He has supported me a lot. …In 2004, for instance, he was passing around flyers for my parliamentary election campaign,” she said, adding that her husband was tutoring their children while the interview was being taped. Amin’s controversial interview with Elwani Amin seemed to take offense and proceeded to mock Elwani’s husband, looked straight into the camera and addressed him, saying: “What’s up man? How do you feel making chai latte and tutoring the kids, and staying at home while the doctor [Elwani] is on TV? After which, she will head to the clinic, then…


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