Now, the state is ordering some women working as television anchors to practice a similar restraint with their weight. Ms. Hegazy ordered the women to go on a diet during their suspensions, Al-Ahram said. “I believe I am an ordinary Egyptian woman who looks normal, and I don’t wear too much makeup,” Ms. Khatab said, challenging people to contradict her. Viewership of state television, long dismissed by many Egyptians as a comically biased news source, fell significantly after the uprising that removed President Hosni Mubarak from power in 2011. Ms. Hegazy could not be reached for comment.

Source: New York Times August 17, 2016 23:12 UTC