In June, the student in her twenties was sentenced to ten years in prison.

A heavy sentence because pronounced in his absence and for several counts.

She has since been acquitted of the "debauchery" charge.

Her sentence, against which she can still appeal, has therefore been "reduced", her lawyer Hussein al-Baqar told AFP, even considering that with already 21 months behind bars, her client could "consider her new sentence as an acquittal".

With the remission system, he explained, "she could be released this summer".

Before, she will have to pay a fine of nearly 10,000 euros.

Ms. Hossam had once been suspected of pimping for a video addressed to her more than 1.3 million subscribers, in full confinement at the start of 2020.

She said she wanted to help young girls who could not find work to earn some money by posting videos online with her.

“Justice criminalizes what all influencers do every day: invite others to work with them to monetize their activity on TikTok,” said lawyer Mai el-Sadany on Twitter.

"There are real human trafficking cases that need to be prosecuted -- these TikTok cases are not one of them," she continues, denouncing "control of expression and mobility socio-economic status of young Egyptian women by the regime of President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi.

Already in June 2020, another influencer, Mawada al-Adham, was sentenced to six years in prison for "human trafficking" and "incitement to debauchery".

A video of Egyptian influencer Haneen Hossam on the screen of a smartphone, July 28, 2020 in Cairo Khaled DESOUKI AFP / Archives

In all, in the past two years, a dozen influencers have been arrested for violating public morals in the conservative country.

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