The artist said Sherine Abdel WahabShe was subjected to a major conspiracy by her brother Muhammad, and accused him of mishandling her rights, which prompted her to take the necessary legal measures against him.
Sherine reviewed the details of her crisis with her brother, saying in a press statement, “I was exposed to a conspiracy from the people closest to me, who is my brother Muhammad Sayed Abdel Wahab. I had previously issued a general official power of attorney and a special power of attorney for him, in accordance with the bond of brotherhood and trust between us, bearing the numbers 3378 ( General Official), 3379 (Management of Artistic Works) of 2018, Documentation of the Excursion.”
She explained, “My brother used the two powers of attorney to contract with the so-called Muhammad Al-Shaer, on the same date of issuing the power of attorney to manage my social media pages. This is illogical and it is unusual for the agent to contract on the same day the power of attorney is issued, despite the fact that the behavior is outside the limits of the agency, and the power of attorney does not He is permitted to do so, as the official power of attorney does not permit him to contract to manage an artistic work, and the management power of attorney is only specific to dealing with artistic works. I canceled the two powers, and as soon as I learned of this contract, I submitted a report to the Attorney General, and it is still under investigation.”
She continued, “Since the power of attorney was liberated, I have not been able to publish anything on my social media pages, nor can I manage them, nor do I receive any profit from any platform. On the contrary, this has caused me huge losses, as (the poet) published a song for me.” Without my knowledge, which caused legal disputes, after the producing company filed a lawsuit against me to demand the value of the penalty clause stipulated in the contract concluded between us. As a result, I paid an amount of compensation to the company, amounting to 8 million pounds, which subsequently led to the termination of the contract, for incomprehensible reasons. The producing company filed a lawsuit again, which is currently pending before the court.”
She added, “In order to respect the judiciary and the investigative authorities represented by the Public Prosecution, I will reveal these reasons after the end of the dispute between me and the producing company, as I have filed a report against the company itself, which is also under investigation. Therefore, we ask the Public Prosecution and the Egyptian judiciary to quickly decide.” in existing conflicts.
The beginning of the crisis
The past few days have witnessed the leaking of audio messages attributed to the artist Hossam Habib, via the “X” platform, in which he claims that his ex-wife, Sherine Abdel Wahab, was subjected to major crises by her family, specifically her brother, who assaulted her.
After the controversy that arose over these voice messages, Hossam Habib later confirmed that these messages were indeed private to him, and had been leaked without his knowledge, saying in press statements that: “I did not say this before, and these messages were leaked from my mobile phone through theft.”
He continued, “These messages were a voice conversation between me and another person, and leaking them to the public constitutes an unethical behavior.”
He explained that he would file an urgent report against the person behind these leaks. He also warned against circulating these recordings, continuing, “Anyone who will speak about me, whether from the public or a press site, I will file a report against him, and I will not give it up.”
Sherine’s brother responds
Hours after these audio leaks were circulated, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Sherine’s brother, confirmed that he was taking legal measures against those who published those audio messages, which affect the reputation and integrity of those included in the recording.
Sherine’s brother said, through his personal account on Facebook: “The owner of the audio recording, whoever he is, deliberately addresses the internal affairs of our family for biased motives, and without going into details, all the accusations and defamation attempts contained in the audio messages have all been previously addressed in court and proven.” “Beyond any doubt, these slanders are false and unreliable, both with regard to her personal and professional life.”
Social media pioneers warned against circulating or re-publishing that audio recording, in order to preserve the reputation of those included in the recording, and to avoid legal accountability.