{"id":61095,"date":"2019-08-25T09:25:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-25T08:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=61095"},"modified":"2019-08-25T09:25:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T08:25:09","slug":"egyptian-tv-host-riham-saeed-has-been-suspended-for-insulting-comments-about-fat-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=61095","title":{"rendered":"Egyptian TV host, Riham Saeed has been suspended for insulting comments about &quot;fat&quot; people"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Egyptian presenter Riham Saeed has been suspended from her position over comments insulting &#8220;fat&#8221; people.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to suspend Saeed came after she was interrogated by the Supreme Council for Media Regulation because the National Council for Women (NCW) brought her comments to light.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=376717589680221\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">She made the comments whilst on air for the hit show, <i>Sabaya<\/i>.\u201d<\/a> During filming she said, \u201cYou lose part of your femininity if you are fat,\u201d Saeed said, \u201cthey are burdens on their families and on the state, and are an eyesore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taking to her Instagram account, Saeed has defended herself saying she has been discussing the topic of obesity on her show for years and asking why people were only responding negatively now.<\/p>\n<p>Social media users were outraged by Saeed&#8217;s comments and called upon the TV channel, Al-Hayah, to have her fired from the show.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AF&amp;src=typed_query\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Saeed&#8217;s name began trending on twitter<\/a><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I wish <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/alhayat_tv?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#alhayat_tv<\/a> makes a rational decision and suspend or fire this woman. Being part of an obesity educational campaign has nothing to do with how she talked and the words she used <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#\u0631\u064a\u0647\u0627\u0645_\u0633\u0639\u064a\u062f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Louai Merhi (@LouaiMerhi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LouaiMerhi\/status\/1164833956350447618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 23, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I never use twitter because I didn\u2019t see a valid reason, but for this immature, uneducated women i will make an exception. Do you know that many people have weight problems due to underactive thyroid, diabetes treatment, ageing, steroid treatment, cushing&#8217;s syndrome <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#\u0631\u064a\u0647\u0627\u0645_\u0633\u0639\u064a\u062f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Louai Merhi (@LouaiMerhi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LouaiMerhi\/status\/1164693235949850629?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 23, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">How do you dare to fat shame women and say that they misrepresent the society?!! It\u2019s not from your business to judge and shame them just because of their weight&#8230;and who know these fat women might be better then you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%AF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#\u0631\u064a\u0647\u0627\u0645_\u0633\u0639\u064a\u062f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Doaa (@Doaa_elshennawy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Doaa_elshennawy\/status\/1164852316987633664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 23, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Riham saeed just went on national television and fat shamed people claiming that they look disgusting and not sexy enough for a man too look at them and she also claims that that\u2019s why a very high percentage of people are getting divorced and im sick tbh<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Laila (@lailaarafatt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lailaarafatt\/status\/1164679724905447425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 22, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 5 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9258826580\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/culture\/6782\/egyptian-tv-host-riham-saeed-has-been-suspended-for-insulting-comments-about-fat-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 3 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2884989920\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Egyptian presenter Riham Saeed has been suspended from her position over comments insulting &#8220;fat&#8221; people. The decision to suspend Saeed came after she was interrogated by the Supreme Council for Media Regulation because the National Council for Women (NCW) brought her comments to light. She made the comments whilst on air for the hit &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61095"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61097,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61095\/revisions\/61097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}