An Egyptian pop singer has been arrested for ‘inciting debauchery’ over a music video where she appears suggestively eating a banana.
Shaimaa Ahmed, better known by her stage name Shyma, appears in the video in her underwear before a classroom of young men.
The blackboard behind her has ‘Class #69’ written on it, and she proceeds to suggestively eat an apple and a banana and pour milk over the fruit.
Controversial: Shaimaa ‘Shyma’ Ahmed, 25, appears in the video in her underwear, pouring milk over a banana
The video to her song I Have Issues created a stir on social media in conservative Egypt and was discussed on TV talk shows.
Security officials say prosecutors have ordered the 25-year-old to be detained for a week over the racy video clip.
The officials said Shyma was arrested last week following a flurry of complaints.
She was initially remanded for four days, and prosecutors on Monday ordered her detained for seven days.
Innuendo: As she sings, she also suggestively eats a banana in front of a classroom audience
In jail: After the video was shared widely on social media, the singer has been arrested for ‘inciting debauchery’
Causing anger: The video shows her in a classroom full of young men
Provocative: The blackboard behind her has ‘Class #69’ written on it
She was initially remanded for four days, and a prosecutor has this week ordered that she should be detained for seven days
Earlier this month, a Lebanese pop star was reprimanded by Egyptian authorities after wearing a pair of shorts on stage.
Haifa Wehbe, 41, says she was ‘called for interrogation’ after donning the olive green mini-shorts during a performance at the American University of Cairo.
The pop star claims a female journalist watching her performance was so upset she complained to the country’s tourism police.
The police passed the complaint to the Egyptian Musicians’ Syndicate, which licences performers in the country, which summoned Haifa’s manager
Haifa’s manager was called to ‘warn’ him that the singer should pick outfits which ‘take into account the traditions and customs of Egyptian people’.