Egypt's media officials suspended a television talk show program due to its impudent comments towards women. The guest of the said Egyptian talk show claims nearly a third of the women in the country were infidel to their husbands.
Tamour al-Sobky, the guest of the show says, "almost 30% of women, especially in Upper Egypt, have the tendency to be unfaithful" and that "many women have extramarital affairs while their husbands work abroad to earn their living," the BBC News quoted. He also added, that women are having affairs because "married life was boring" and stating they are immoral.
The television program was suspended by the Egyptian media officials for 15 days as it has been flooded with complaints from the viewers. Other television programs in the country have been recently given suspensions causing the public to think the freedom of speech in Egypt is being blocked slowly.
According to FTC News Publication Newswire, the said television talk show was aired last year, December on Momken Programme. The show is broadcasted on CBC Channel, however, the show has not been getting attentions. The clip from the show containing the infidelity claims has been circling on the social media sites draws the attention of the public and is widely criticisized.
Sobky owns a Facebook page called "Diary of a Suffering Husband" which gained with over one million followers on the said social media site. He apologies to the public regarding the infidelity claims. He also said that he has been receiving death threats over it. Sobky explained, his mother was also a native from Upper Egypt which he said a "conservative region".
The channel broadcaster, CBC channel has also made their official statement, explaining that Sobky's clip was "part of a long discussion and that the programme's host immediately rejected and refuted the remarks." The channel also made an apology to the public. Egypt media officials also release their statement, emphasizing on giving respect on women.
