Egyptian Singer Arrested for 'Inciting Debauchery' in Music Video

Laila Amer was arrested for her video for Bos Omak (Look At Your Mother) which includes sensual oriental dance and suggestive gestures. Ahmed Mahran, the lawyer who filed a complaint against Amer has claimed that the video was a "great risk to Egypt and represented an attack on society".

Laila Amer.

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