“Abu Al-Qumsan” is suing her.. and the “Nationalist for Women” considers her advice “insulting and reactionary.”

Yasmine Ezz.. in the crosshairs of the Egyptian feminist movement

• Yasmine Ezz sparked a wave of controversy that has not subsided until now.

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• Nihad Abu Al-Qumsan considered Yasmine Ezz's comments "inciting against women."

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• Maya Morsi objected to Yasmine Ezz's comments.

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The battles of the Egyptian TV presenter, Yasmine Ezz, whose opinions were considered biased against women by critics, entered a new stage, as she bypassed the arena of exchanges on electronic sites, to move to the rivalry with feminist entities, led by the “National Council for Women” in Egypt, which issued a statement “with the unanimous consent of its members.” And its members and permanent committees in Cairo and the governorates,” in which he describes “Jasmine’s advice” that she gives on her television program as “insulting to women and reactionary.” The human rights and feminist activist, Nihad Abu Al-Qumsan, submitted a communication to the Egyptian Public Prosecutor against the controversial media woman, and she did not react. From Ezz until the moment, and earlier she had only said that she "does not get disturbed by negative comments, and that she provides useful content in her program."

The media, Yasmine Ezz, had recently sparked controversy in the Egyptian street in her program “People’s Talk” on MBC Egypt, after she defended the man who beat his wife on her wedding night, on Sultan Hussein Street in Ismailia, and it was revealed eight months after the incident. And the repetition of the assault again, and the spread of a video revealing that the recent assault caused excruciating pain to the bride, after it included several areas in her body, which prompted the Egyptian authorities to arrest the husband and bring him to trial.

"Man is a protector"

In contrast to the state of resentment that prevailed in the Egyptian street regarding the incident, Yasmine Ezz commented at the time on the incident by saying, "If each one of her husband said a word to her or knocked her out, then all the women of Egypt would remain in their homes." And she continued, "The man is a protector, and the bride contained the situation." And she contained her husband and her man, ”according to press follow-ups of the program.

And Yasmine Ezz’s comments about the incident sparked an opposite reaction from artists and personalities in the circle of fame, including the artist Nabil Al-Halafawi and Khaled Sarhan, but Ezz retracted in the next episode of her program, and said, “I apologize clearly and frankly, if what I said yesterday was understood from him that I am defending Regarding violence, I will not say that it is a misunderstanding, but rather a misexpression.” And she continued, “What I meant is that if the two (the groom and the bride) reconcile, then they are the decision-makers, but of course this is rejected by us as a society.”

In the same context, and in what observers considered to be moving in the same direction, Yasmine Ezz continued to issue advice similar to her comment in the “Ismailia Incident”, which again aroused the anger of feminists and human rights activists, as she demanded in a comment to her in one of the episodes of the program, “Every female should consider her brother as the little pharaoh.” And to “consider the Egyptian man a rare currency, to pamper him, and not ask him to bring the belongings of the house so as not to humiliate his dignity,” and “if necessary, for (the wife) to put on her expensive clothes so that he can step on her,” and to “put a title before calling him by his name, Like a professor or a doctor,” and that “the husband has the right to hold his wife’s phone whenever he wants, but the wife does not have the right to hold her husband’s phone and spy on him.” Observers considered that the most critical of her comments was “in which the wife asked to use a winter voice while talking with him,” according to identical press reports and accounts.

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The “National Council for Women” issued a statement against Ezz’s comments, in which it said that it “announces its rejection and deep dissatisfaction with the bad content presented through the program (Kalam al-Nas) by the presenter, Yasmine Ezz, which represents an insult, contempt, and belittling of Egyptian women, and incites to beat her. It is also a content aimed at diverting societal awareness of what is being accomplished on the ground in terms of strenuous efforts to empower Egyptian women, and that the Council submitted an official complaint to the Supreme Council for Media Regulation against the program, as the Council received many complaints from Egyptian women through social media, expressing their rejection of this. content, and demand it be stopped.

In the same direction, the head of the “National Center for Women’s Rights,” lawyer and human rights activist, Nihad Abu Al-Qumsan, filed a complaint with the Egyptian Public Prosecutor, bearing No. 1958 of 2023 against Yasmine Ezz, in which she considered the latter’s comments “inciting against women.”

For her part, Yasmine Ezz responded in general to the criticisms and moves directed at her, and she said, hosting the media, Amira Abdel-Azim, on her program, that she is not disturbed by the negative comments.

However, Ezz has not yet commented on the statement of the "National Council for Women" and the complaints submitted against it.

It is worth noting that a source in “MBC Egypt” denied, last Tuesday, to “Al-Masry Al-Youm” newspaper, rumors of stopping the “People’s Talk” program presented by Yasmine Ezz, and the source said, “There is no intention or talk about stopping her program.” And what is being said are rumors that have no basis in truth, and we do not know their source.

• The National Council for Women issued a statement against Ezz's comments, in which it said that it "announces its rejection and deep dissatisfaction with the bad content that is presented through the program (Kalam al-Nas) by broadcaster Yasmine Ezz, which represents an insult, humiliation and belittling of Egyptian women, and incites to beat them."

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