'Cuties' spurs calls by Egyptian authorities to censor Netflix
There have been increasing calls in Egypt to censor certain Netflix content, while art critics believe it would be difficult to censor the work of the global network.
CAIRO — Egyptian member of parliament John Talaat submitted Sept. 5 a parliamentary question to Minister of Culture Inas Abdel Dayem in regard to the role of the Censorship of Works of Art (CACWA) in the content broadcast on Netflix.
“Some of these works carry transgressions and abuses that the Egyptian society does not accept, and the censorship standards must be strictly applied to any artwork that is allowed to be broadcast in Egypt,” Talaat said in a Sept. 5 statement.
In an Aug. 25 article in Al-Masry Al-Youm, journalist Suleiman Joudeh called on the Ministry of Culture and official bodies to review the works broadcast on Netflix.
Netflix's works have sparked controversy time and again, the latest of which was the film "Cuties" that topped Egypt’s Google search list on Sept. 13, after it arrived at the platform and was criticized for depicting children in a sexual and inappropriate way.
