Egypt’s Media Syndicate on Tuesday refused demands to suspend Ramez Galal’s current prank show “Ramez Taht Al-Sefr” (Ramez Under Zero Degrees), currently airing on the MBC Channel. According to a statement from the Media Syndicate, Undersecretary Seham Saleh said that no violations had committed in any episode of the prank show thus monitored, and it is therefore unreasonable to take any punitive measures against it. Saleh also highlighted that the assigned committee noted no problems with the show in other Arab countries, such as Saudi Arabia. The committee is following up all the programs aired on TV in Egypt to highlight any violation and conduct investigations. President of the Media Syndicate Hamdy al-Koneyesi announced that a meeting took place on Saturday to discuss these reported problems, as well as complaints against several other shows.

Source: Egypt Independent May 24, 2018 15:00 UTC