Egypt’s Media Syndicate referred anchorwoman Amany al-Khayat – who presents the ‘Been Al-Sotor’ (Between Lines) show on privately-owned ON Live – to investigation over charges of insulting the country of Oman. Head of Media Syndicate Hamdi al-Konaysi said in a statement issued by his syndicate’s administrative council that the decision was taken to refer Khayat to a committee for investigation after the syndicate monitored she had committed a mistake by insulting ‘Egypt’s sister-country’ Oman. He added that the syndicate called on all media practitioners to abide by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s call to avoid insulting any Arab country, or any other country for the matter. He further called on the media to abide by the media charter approved by the syndicate. The Egyptian foreign ministry and the channel management also issued an apology for the episode and Khayat was subsequently fired.

Source: Egypt Independent February 07, 2018 13:30 UTC