Doaa Salah was convicted of “outraging public decency”, the source said on Friday. The court also ordered her to pay a bond of 10,000 Egyptian pounds (£433) so she can remain at liberty ahead of a possible appeal. During the broadcast, Salah discussed the possibility of a woman becoming a single mother, suggesting that a woman could marry only to conceive and then divorce. She then reportedly asked the audience about their opinion, and then summed up by saying that “everyone rejects the idea (of pregnancy outside of marriage), and not everything that happens abroad can happen in our society”. Sex outside marriage is taboo in Egypt’s conservative society.

Source: The Guardian November 03, 2017 20:37 UTC