Columnist says Egyptians prefer porn to politics

[WorldNews]

The apathy of voters towards Egypt's parliamentary election is because people are fixated on pornography rather than politics, a popular Egyptian newspaper columnist says. Dandarawy al-Hawary, writing in the daily Youm 7, said Egyptians have been distracted since an actress said on her television show that she watched porn and encouraged young people to do the same to get a sexual education. "It is the bitter truth that Egyptian society, across all its sectors, was more concerned with discussing pornographic films... and everyone forgot the most important parliamentary election in Egypt," Hawary wrote.

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