CAIRO – 19 February 2021: The Egyptian Media Syndicate ordered on Friday suspending TV presenter Tamer Amin from practicing any media-related work and referring him to investigation over his “objectionable” remarks on Upper Egypt. Syndicate’s head Tarek Saada and the SCMR both affirmed full respect to the people of Upper Egypt. Amin had criticized the behavior of a “very large percentage” of the dwellers of Upper Egypt and rural areas who, according to him, are keen to give birth to many children so that these parents rely upon child labor. Many social media users have been infuriated by Amin’s remarks with some people even launching an offensive hashtag to insult him. “Upper Egyptian people are honest people who try hard to earn their living and plant the food the fills your mouth,” a user said.

Source: Egypt Today February 19, 2021 14:48 UTC