Comedian Kevin Hart, amid a major international tour, recently had his planned show in Cairo canceled. A statement by Egyptian event management company R Productions blamed the cancellation on “local ...

(AP) Egyptian prosecutors say they have launched an investigation against a popular television comedian for allegedly insulting the president. An Islamist lawyer filed the charges against Bassem ...

CAIRO (AP) – An Egyptian court has sentenced one of the Arab world’s most famous comedic actors to jail for offending Islam in some of his most popular films. Adel Imam was sentenced to three months ...

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Egyptian prosecutors launched an investigation on Tuesday against a popular television satirist for allegedly insulting the president in the latest case raised by Islamist lawyers against outspoken ...

Okasha had emerged as one of the most popular TV personalities of post-Mubarak Egypt by railing against the uprising that toppled Mubarak s 29-year rule in February 2011. Another prominent case was ...