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Egyptian belly dancer has been put in
. A court in Cairo, Egypt sentenced Sama el-Masry to three years behind bars. It also fined her 300,000 Egyptian pounds, which is about $18,500. Ms El-Masry was arrested by the police in Egypt in April. Police charged her with
after she posted videos on the video-sharing
TikTok. The videos showed her performing
belly dances. Egypt has recently decided to crack down on social media
. Egypt's Public Prosecution office accused Ms El-Masry of posting
pictures and videos on her social media
. It said she was
of breaking Egypt's morals because the videos were "sexually
".