A Lebanese tourist arrested last month for posting a video on Facebook complaining of sexual harassment by men and conditions in Egypt was sentenced to eight years in prison by a Cairo court on Saturday, July 7.

Ms. Mona el-Mazboh was arrested at Cairo airport at the end of her stay in Egypt after a 10-minute video in which she called Egypt a “son of a bitch country” went viral on social media.

The 24-year-old Ms.Mazboh complains of being sexually harassed by taxi drivers and young men in the street, as well as poor restaurant service during the holy month of Ramadan and an incident in which money was stolen from her during a previous stay.

A Cairo court found her guilty of deliberately spreading false rumours that would harm society, attacking religion, and public indecency, judicial sources said.

While a video of a tourist is a personal point of view, the conviction of the Court will have an effect of a massive repellent for tourists from the West to come to Egypt, which will cause further damages to the entire tourist industry, going through difficult times since Arab Spring.