Egypt Suspends 8 Female TV Anchors, Saying They Are Overweight – The New York Times

Egypt Suspends 8 Female TV Anchors, Saying They Are Overweight

The director of state-run Egyptian radio and television barred the women from appearing on the air for a month, and ordered them to go on a diet.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/18/world/middleeast/egypt-suspends-8-female-tv-anchors-saying-they-are-overweight.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

she was recently told that “measures will be taken against” those who fail to lose weight by mid-September