Singer tried over Nile slur

A FAMOUS Arab singer will stand trial next month in her native Egypt over a video clip in which she advises a concert fan against drinking from the Nile River.

The clip shows Sherine Abdel-Wahab, widely known by her first name, saying “you are better off drinking Evian”, a reference to a French brand of mineral water.

The fan had asked her to sing one of her hit songs, named for an Egyptian saying, that one who drinks from the Nile is bound to return.