Failed to take refuge in Sisi .. ridicule of obesity overthrew an Egyptian broadcaster

Paradoxes in Egypt no longer seem to be confined to political statements only. While media outlets have praised President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's earlier statements on obesity and obesity, the same remarks have toppled controversial broadcaster Reham Said.

The Egyptian Al-Hayat channel announced the suspension of the program presented by the broadcaster, and the Media Syndicate issued a decision banning it from practicing any media activity until the legal status with the Syndicate was settled.Reham, for her part, announced her retirement from media and artistic work, on the basis of her talk about the issue of obesity in a way that caused widespread dissatisfaction on the communication sites.

The anchor herself had been arrested several times for violating professional rules, but she returned every time after apologizing.

"People are betrayed (dead) dead, a burden on their people and the state, and the six betray lose part of their femininity, and distort the public view, and sweat a lot because their bodies are full of toxins."

This talk was regarded by activists as a form of bullying, racism and unacceptable irony.

Take refuge in the President

The sharp attack on the broadcaster, which included celebrities on the media sites, prompted her to announce the retirement of media and artistic work, and broadcast a video denying her ridicule from obese people, and said, "My apology is not to return to the place where I was working, I will not return to the media or artistic work again, I will stay away completely About that profession because of the pressures I face, and I will devote myself to raising my children. "

Before deciding to stop it, Reham tried to defend Sisi's earlier statements about obesity and its gravity, describing her critics as "our Brotherhood friends," saying she had launched her latest campaign against obesity as part of the president's initiative.

Sisi has criticized the prevalence of obesity, especially among school and university students.He said during the opening of a project in December 2018, "The results of the medical survey of the (100 million health) initiative have a great indication that the weightlifters are estimated at 25%, and the rest suffers from Obesity and overweight. "

Sisi asked the citizens, "We are working in ourselves, why?" Before talking for about twenty minutes about the necessity of the exercise of the Egyptians, noting that he sometimes sees obese people ask himself (eh people de? People do not take the mind of herself Les? And how can you walk like that?).

The President's remarks were received by the government and private media, praising the spread of calls for launching a national campaign to eradicate obesity. The Parliament hastened to discuss the transformation of physical education into a basic subject in schools. The Ministry of Health and Population also launched a national campaign for the early detection of obesity, anemia and stunting among primary students in cooperation with the Ministry of Education. And education.

At the end of July, anger swept through media outlets following statements by Health Minister Hala Zayed about the weight of nurses, and the website's pioneers were surprised to see those who wanted to join the nursing sector had three months to lose weight.

The World Health Organization says there is a clear relationship between obesity and poverty, and that obesity leads to a number of noncommunicable diseases (chronic) responsible for most deaths in Egypt. Nearly 30 percent of the population - over 100 million people - live below the poverty line.

Serial Distraction
On the other hand, a number of pioneers of the communication sites considered the issue of the presenter a continuation of the government's distraction policy to distract the public from discussing important economic and political issues, as well as the continuous violations of human rights.