Egypt Independent reports:
Egypt’s Economic Court sentenced Tik Tok influencers Haneen Hossam, Mawaddah al-Adham and three others to two years in prison and a LE 300,000 fine for violating family values and promoting debauchery and immorality via their accounts on social networking websites.
They were also accused of cooperating with organized human trafficking rings, and of using women to commit crimes that violate the principles and values of Egyptian society.\
Al-Adham’s TikTok videos look just like any other TikTok videos.
She dresses provocatively for an Egyptian but nothing seems to be illegal.
However, the Arabic versions of the story add a sinister twist. Her lawyer says that she was asked to undergo a “virginity exam” as part of the prosecution along with an examination of her bank accounts.
Al-Adham refused, and for all we know this may have been a factor in her sentence.
Egyptian police and military have been known to use “virginity tests” as weapons to control women. It is not something that is often discussed in English. If this was demanded of al-Adham, it is a truly disgusting indictment of the Egyptian justice system.
(h/t Abdallah Mashaallah)