23-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Al-Ahram Weekly
SCMR bans Maha El-Sagheer from media for 6 months, refers case to prosecution
The Supreme Council for Media Regulation (SCMR) on Wednesday banned Maha El-Sagheer from appearing in the media for six months over violations of intellectual property rights, and referred the case to the Public Prosecution.
The SCMR reprimanded the Ma'akum Mona El-Shazly team for neglecting basic due diligence during production.
The decisions were made during a meeting chaired by Khaled Abdel Aziz, in which the council approved referring the case to the Public Prosecution per Articles 138/1, 139, and 140/9 of Law No. 82 of 2002 on intellectual property, as well as Articles 69/5 and 70/3 of Law No. 180 of 2018 regulating press, media, and the SCMR.
The council's intervention follows growing controversy in recent days after El-Sagheer appeared on the programme and presented artworks she claimed as her own. It was later revealed that the pieces were copied from international artists.
Three artists — Danish artist Lisa Nelson, French artist Cédric, and German artist Caroline Wendelin — publicly accused El-Sagheer of plagiarizing their work during her appearance on Ma'akum Mona El-Shazly.
The incident sparked widespread criticism on social media, prompting media personality Mona El-Shazly to issue a public apology via an Instagram story addressed to the three artists.
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