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| Tourist Sentenced to Eight Years in Jail for Criticizing Egyptian Society
A Lebanese woman was sentenced to eight years in prison in Egypt Saturday after posting a video on Facebook in which she criticized sexual harassment she experienced in the country. The court said she was spreading rumours harmful to Egyptian society. Mona el-Mazboh, 24, was arrested in Cairo last month after taking to Facebook to complain about being sexually harassed by cab drivers and young men in the streets of the Egyptian capital. She called Egypt a "son of a b*tch country" and a dirty, lowly place. She said Egyptian men are pimps and Egyptian women are prostitutes. She also complained of receiving poor restaurant service during the holy month of Ramadan and of having her money and belongings stolen during a previous visit to Egypt. She said in the video that she had been to the country several times in the past four years. Her 10-minute video went viral on social media, prompting Egyptian women to respond in kind, defending their country and making similar statements about