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Yasmin Ezz stirs controversy on social media
Egyptian TV presenter Yasmin Ezz has sparked controversy on social media because of her comment on Friday, Feb 18, in light of Ismailia’s bride, who was beaten on her wedding day, the accident that swept public opinion.
Many demanded suspending the anchor as she accepts violence against women and tries to become controversial to gain more viewership for her TV show.
A bride who her groom beat on the wedding day has been the trend of the week on the same night. After it became a viral topic in Egypt, the groom recorded another video and streamed on social media showing the couples who pretend to be happy accompanied by their male relatives eating a meal of pigeons, as there are no harmful feelings between them the newlyweds.
Ezz said on her TV show, “a man is a nervous creature by his nature, and a woman must absorb his anger. A man is a god gift to a woman. She should love him and cherish him” she resumes commenting on the bride’s reaction toward her groom act ” this woman is an excellent well-raised woman that absorbed her man anger, it’s unnatural that she will destroy a love story lasted 13 years for one single act that people don’t have any details about it. It’s good that she forgave him “.
The groom said to Youm7 Egyptian news website, that beating women is considered acceptable in their culture and lifestyle, and it’s ok if he hits his wife because she’s his cousin and life partner.
Social media reacted fast; some posted on Facebook in response to her comment, ” Violence is not supposed to be the subject of differing views and opinions; it’s a deliberate assault. I feel it is the opinion of an ignorant person.”
Ezz’s statement was deleted from MBC Egypt platforms in an attempt by the channel to cover up the subject. Still, it was exposed the day she made her statement the trend No 1 in Egypt was #اوقفو_ياسمين_عز, which translates to Stop Yasmin Ezz.
SpeakUp was the platform that created that hashtag, posting, “Yasmin is not only encouraging violence, she even thinks that the victim should be silent and bear it, but this kind of statement also should not appear on TV, there are no views on violence, celebrities supported that hashtag such as Mayan Elsayed, Abbas Abu El Hassan.
A woman on Egypt’s FaceBook page posted that Ezz advocated violence against women, and they demanded that she be boycotted and investigated. National Council for Women refused Ezz’s statement and thought it was inappropriate.
After many people demanded that Ezz be investigated, they thought the Ministry of Information would take action against Ezz. Still, they didn’t do anything until now.
Celebrities’ reactions on social media
TV presenter Moufida Shiha was sympathetic to the bride and took a stand against the groom, saying, ” It is obvious that a groom is a violent person regardless that he’s pretending by hugging her (in the video) that he’s good to her.”
Actor Aser Yassin Tweeted, ” My Grandfather used to say: do you know the difference between a real man and an unreal one? A real man is the one who lets his wife walks a step ahead of him and treats her like a queen; the unreal man is the one who leaves his wife a step behind him, treating her like an animal and hitting her”.
Actress Sumia Al Khashab tweeted, ” Any savage and ignorant man should know that his respect for the female is coming from his respect for himself; otherwise, he should go to live with the animals and apply the law of the jungle, in that case, we should wave goodbye to manhood and humanity.”
Actor Sabri Fawaz Posted, ” If a man kissed his wife on the street, it would be a scandal, and they might be bullied and beaten Because society considers this an indecent act. If a man hits his wife in the street, Society will not interfere. Rather, they will say(let him discipline her)”.
Actress Nashwa Mustafa posted on Facebook, ” well-raised men teach their kids that a real man never hurt a woman. ”
TV presenter Radwa Al Sherbieny tweeted In response to the groom’s words that beating women is normal “Its a regular act for animals living in a barn; otherwise, you and any man that hurts a woman should be disciplined, all the Egyptians: city people, countryside people, have dignity but you don’t have any, we have a law in this country against like you. ”
Yasmin Ezz apologizes
The next day, after public reaction on social media, Yasmin apologized on-air. She said that her words didn’t mean accepting or encouraging violence against women, but she was trying not to set fire to the new couple’s relationship.
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Putin, Obama war on social media starts with unfriend on Facebook
New stage of the cold war, is it?
The Social media war between Putin and Obama started with UnFriend, this is the action taken by Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the Facebook diplomacy with American president Barack Obama.
The unfriending comes after an official White House update about the possibility of a US-Syrian war. President Putin revealed that Obama’s updates about the Congressional debate on a possible war with Syria have annoyed him.
After unfriending, President Putin update status on profile “Something I should have done a long time ago”
Also, He said to Russia’s Pravda News Service “President Assad and I, we are the Facebook friends. We like the same pages, we share pictures of cute women and all that. Obama needs to lighten up on there, it’s not for serious stuff,”
President Obama’s latest posts about the possibility of the war in Syria have been reported by someone and he received a warning from Facebook that he will be prevented from posting on his profile for 24 hours.
He has also commented “Really, Putin needs to grow up. If he didn’t like that [post], he could have just hid it from his news feed instead of creating all this Facebook drama,”
JOE BIDEN “Vice President of the United States” announced to reports that President Obama has signed into his Twitter account to unfollow Putin.
The turmoil generated between Putin and Obama over their dispute on the Syrian crisis. Expanded to reach the social networks
Putin and Obama on social Networks
The question now is, are we witnessing a new stage of the cold war between the two countries, will they continue the war online instead of the military tactics and old spy war?
It’s obvious that social media is really changing the game in everything, and now it’s taking over on a very high level.
Keep an eye on Digital Boom and we will keep you posted with more news and updates on the cold war and even more…
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Amr Diab Gets Hacked on Twitter
Amr Diab’s Facebook page has announced that his twitter account has been hijacked by anonymous and now tweeting political.
Update: Amr Diab’s Facebook Page announced that “Amr Diab’s Twitter account has been restored successfully and you can follow Amr’s tweets normally now”
Amr Diab got hacked on Twitter
On Thursday 9th of Jan, Amr Diab’s Facebook page announced that Amr Diab’s Twitter account has been hacked by anonymous and now tweeting politics!
Amr Abdul-Basset Abdul-Azeez Diab (born 11 October 1961) is an Egyptian singer and composer of pop music. He was awarded the World Music Award for Best Selling Middle East Artist, three times: 1998 for the album “Nour El Ain”, 2002 for the album “Aktrr Wahid Byhbak 2001” and 2007 for the album “El Lillady”. Amr Diab also won The African Music Awards 2009, Big Apple Music Awards; Life Achievements Awards: Best Singer of The Year in 2009, and Best Male Act in African Music Awards 2010.
He is known as the Father of Mediterranean Music He has created his own style which is often termed “Mediterranean Music” or “Mediterranean Sound”, a blend of Western and Egyptian rhythms.
In The Mediterranean in Music, David Cooper and Kevin Dawe referred to his music as “the new breed of Mediterranean music”.According to author Michael Frishkopf, Amr Diab has produced a new concept of Mediterranean music, especially in his international hit, “Nour El Ain”.
In his analysis of The Very Best of Amr Diab album, Victor W. Valdivia of All music said: “His music melded traditional Arabic sounds and textures with Western rhythms and instruments. The mesh was dubbed Mediterranean music, and The Very Best of Amr Diab displays Diab’s superb skill in creating it.”
In 1997, he won three awards at the Annual Arabic Festival: one for Best Video, for Best Song, and for Best Artist of the Year. Diab received a Triple Platinum Award for the sales of Nour El Ain and a World Music Award in Monaco.
After the success of the previously shared overall analysis of Sherine’s new album “Ana Keter” and her social media presence, we decided to fulfill your requests with more details and additional insights.
The report is from Jan 15 through Jan 31, 2014; however, starting Feb, we noticed that Sherine’s team has enhanced and developed how they engage with fans on Facebook.
Still, there’s more to do; please review the slides below to know what exactly they are missing with recommendations.
Check out the report:
Key take-outs in 15 days after the launch:
- Album gained 11 million views in 2 weeks on YouTube
- YouTube Channel subscribers boosted by 90K subscribers in 15 days out of 127K total subscribers overtime
- Buzz reached 15K tweets/RTs since the launch on Twitter
- How do people talk about the album/Sherine on Twitter?
- People are sharing songs from YouTube & SoundCloud
- +90% positive sentiment on Twitter
- Sherine’s Twitter account is excellent at spreading the news about the album’s success.
- People are tweeting the song’s lyrics.
- Sarcastic tweets about Sherine & few songs (regular) - Almost zero negativity about the album
- Album teasers on Facebook created credibility for Sherine’s page, reflected in the page results after the album’s launch in the next 15 days with 92K Interactions & 312K New Likes.
- The album received tremendous engagement on the launching date of Jan 15. However, no posts for four days after the launch negatively affected the interactions.
Recommendations:
Sherine Abdel Wahab’s Facebook page would have received double or maybe triple new likes and interactions if the improved posts’ quality; please find below the points taken:
- Long updates with no extra value-added will lead to losing your fans’ interest
- The text-only format isn’t preferred, as it is well-known that they generate less reach than other content (Facebook announcement)
- A call to action is essential to generate leads & increase engagement
- Each post has to have its visual, audio, or video so you can attract/engage your audiences
- Understand the situation and act upon it, always be relevant to the time and avoid posting irrelevant content at the wrong time.
- Revise the tone of voice in future activities.
To recap - Overall performance is average to good - Enhance your content formatting - Improve the tone of voice on all networks - Be creative to engage your fans better - Be Consistent - Start your SoundCloud account.
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