Leila Amer

Egyptian pop star Sherine performs during the opening ceremony of Doha's 9th Music Festival in Qatar.

Egyptian singer faces the prospect of prison over a joke about the Nile

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An Egyptian court has sentenced one of its country’s top singers to six months in prison for a comment she made about the Nile River. Pop singer Sherine made a crack about getting ill from drinking from the river when she was asked by a fan to sing, “Have You Ever Drunk From the Nile.”