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Egypt’s Government Has Even Cracked Down On The Soap Operas Popular During Ramadan

MEDIA Posted: June 6, 2019 4:30 am

During the month of daytime fasting, families and friends often gather around the TV during and after the evening meal, and Egyptian networks prepare their biggest programming events for the season. This year, the regime of Gen. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi came down hard on the soaps, restricting and sometimes dictating content and even banning one of Egypt’s most popular actors from screens. – The Baffler

MEDIA Published: 06.03.19

Read the story in The Baffler Published: 06.03.19

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