Egyptian music video director and songwriter Tameem Youness has taken down his hit song “Salmonella” uploaded back in January following backlash that the song encouraged violence against women. Youness on Instagram denied that this was ever the song’s intention. He explained that his song was meant to be comedic look at how some people react when rejected by a woman, and was never meant to encourage any violence. Salmonella, written and directed by Youness, was composed by Mohamed Zouhair and Mohamad al-Farra, with the participation of singer Mahmoud al-Eseily. Youness also wrote on Facebook that he had filed reports with the police against several people on social media who accused him of harassing women.

Source: Egypt Independent July 08, 2020 12:22 UTC