7/24/2025–|Last update: 20:20 (Mecca time)
The Egyptian media crisis, Maha Al -Saghir, still casts a shadow on the media scene, after accusing her of assaulting intellectual property rights using artistic works of foreign artists without obtaining permission. In a rapid development, and after announcing her return to work and filming a new episode of her program, “Al -Sattat, I don’t know,”, the Supreme Council for Media Regulation issued a decision to stop her appearance on the screen for a period of 6 months.
The decision came after weeks of controversy, as the council clarified that the ban includes all media outlets, due to its violation of professional standards and moral codes approved by the council, according to what was stated in the official statement.
The Supreme Council for Media Regulation referred the issue of the media, Maha Al -Saghir, to the competent authorities to conduct investigations, while raising the incident of intellectual property rights to the Public Prosecution, after using technical works owned by others without obtaining permission.
The council also made notes to the “Mona Al -Shazly” program team, noting that there is a failure to review and audit the content provided, which is a violation of the professional standards that are supposed to adhere to in media programs.
Last June, the journalist Maha Al -Saghir appeared in an episode of “With You Mona Al -Shazly” program on “On E” channel, where she talked about her passion for drawing, and during the meeting she presented a group of paintings that she claimed to be from her own works, including a painting entitled “I made for myself some wings.”
But a few days later, the Danish actress Lisa Lash Nelson came out to deny this claim, confirming that the painting was returning to it and it was completed in 2019. She indicated that the artwork was previously used on several occasions as a symbol of the struggle for freedom, and expressed its surprise at Maha’s small attribution to the painting to herself without permission or a sign of the source.
The Danish actress Lisa Lash Nelson said that the violation was not limited to inspiring her artistic style, but also included presenting a direct picture of her original work on the screen within the program, with her attribution explicitly to the media Maha Al -Saghir, which she considered a clear violation of the Bern International Convention for the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, as well as violating the Egyptian laws.
Nelson indicated that she tried to communicate with Maha Al -Saghir and the program team to clarify the situation, but she did not receive any response, which prompted her to share the story through her own accounts. She expressed her dissatisfaction with ignoring the rights of unknown artists, stressing that the absence of fame does not justify the seizure of their works.
The accusations against the media, Maha Al -Saghir, continued after a number of artists revealed their original ownership of the paintings that were shown during the episode, and accused her of attacking their intellectual rights. The matter did not stop at that, but also other accusations of seizing designs belonging to a artist working in the field of bags and leather, as part of her own project.
With the intensification of the crisis, Maha Al -Saghir admitted her mistake and a public apology, in which she acknowledged that she attributed an artistic work to herself without right. She said in an official statement: “I made a mistake … against the Danish artist Lisa, and in the right of all artists, and on the right of the platform through which I spoke, and most importantly, I made a mistake in the right of myself.” She added that her passage of difficult life conditions does not justify what happened, expressing her regret, saying: “I am sorry and upset with myself.”
For its part, the management of a program with you, Mona Al -Shazly, commented on the crisis with a statement published on the official page of the program on Facebook, in which she explained that the artwork is the subject of controversy belongs to the Danish artist Lisa Las Nelson, confirming her respect for the real artists and her appreciation for the original works in various fields.
Later, the media, Mona Al -Shazly, talked about the crisis at the forefront of one of the episodes, and explained that during the episode 9, she hosted the media of various backgrounds, each of whom spoke about her personal interests. She added that one of the guests indicated that the drawing is a hobby of her, and some paintings were presented as her personal achievement.
After making sure that one of these paintings belongs to the Danish artist Lisa Lash Nelson, a clarification statement was issued to apologize for her in respect of intellectual property rights. The ownership of the rest of the works, which included paintings of a German artist and another by a French artist, was also clarified in the same form.
Al -Shazly confirmed that the program team communicated directly with the three artists, through special messages that included a full explanation of what happened, and an explicit expression of what happened, in order to respect their rights and appreciation for their artistic works.
