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A famous Egyptian belly dancer has been put [on / in] prison. A court in Cairo, Egypt sentenced Sama el-Masry to three years behind [bars / bar] . It also fined her 300,000 Egyptian pounds, which is about $18,500. Ms El-Masry was arrested [at / by] the police in Egypt in April. Police [charged / changed] her with immorality after she [posted / posed] videos on the video-sharing platform TikTok. The videos showed her [performance / performing] various belly dances. Egypt has recently decided to crack [up / down] on social media posts. Egypt's Public Prosecution office [accusing / accused] Ms El-Masry of posting immoral pictures and videos on her social [medium / media] accounts. It said she was guilty of breaking Egypt's morals because the videos [were / was] "sexually suggestive".

Sama el-Masry is 42 years old. As [good / well] as being a belly dancer, she is also an actress and [stirred / starred] in three successful movies. One of the movies was about the [unfairly / unfair] treatment of female media workers. It created a [lot / lots] of debate in Egypt about the rights of women in the workplace. She also got [a / the] lot of criticism in the past for posting videos on YouTube about her [political / politically] views. One of the videos mocked former US President Barack Obama for [him / his] policy towards Egypt. A women's rights lawyer [in / on] Egypt defended Ms El-Masry. She said: "Our conservative society is [straggling / struggling] with technological changes which have created a completely different environment [end / and] mindsets."