Egyptian TV Host Sentenced For Program Featuring Gay Sex Worker

New York Post reported yesterday that an Egyptian trial court has sentenced a television host Mohammed el-Gheiti to one year in prison at hard labor followed by one year of surveillance, and a fine equivalent to $167 US for promoting debauchery and homosexuality.  Gheiti was also charged with contempt of religion.  The conviction stems from the appearance on his show of journalist Mustafa Mekki who posed as a gay man on the gay dating app Grindr in order to learn more about the Egyptian gay community. Also on the show was an anonymous sex worker who Mekki met on the app who said he wanted to warn other young men not to repeat his mistake.