An Egyptian misdemeanour court sentenced on Saturday controversial Egyptian belly dancer Sama El-Masry to three years in prison and a EGP 300,000 fine after she was convicted of "inciting debauchery and immorality".
Entessar el-Saeed, a women rights lawyer and head of the Cairo Center for Development and Law, says women are the only group authorities have targeted under the new law.
"Our conservative society is struggling with technological changes which have created a completely different environment and mindsets", she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.