Friday, July 27, 2018

Egyptian Military Court Sentences Actors Arrested For Play That ‘Insulted The Armed Forces’

The playwright, director, and cast of a play titled Suleiman Khater – about a young policeman who shot seven Israeli tourists in the Sinai in 1985 – were arrested and jailed in March following a performance near Cairo. Follwing the four months the men spent in prison awaiting trial, the tribunal gave them a suspended sentence of two months.



Article source here:Arts Journal

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