Tamer Hosny

In July 2024, the Cairo Economic Court convicted Tamer Hosny in a dispute brought by the heirs of lyricist Abdel Aziz Ammar concerning the use of lyrics from the song "Raje’li Leh", described in reports as an infringement of intellectual property rights.

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In August 2015, the Egyptian press reported that Tamer Hosny had reached a settlement with the tax administration in a case described as involving tax evasion and paid 650,000 Egyptian pounds, ending the reported dispute.

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At the beginning of the 2011 uprising, Tamer Hosny relayed messages asking demonstrators to return home. When he subsequently went to Tahrir Square, explaining that he had been misled by official media, some of the crowd booed him and forced him to leave.

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Tamer Hosny was prosecuted for using forged documents relating to compulsory military service. A military court sentenced him to one year, according to contemporary reports.

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