A wave of criticism swept the media regarding violations exhibited in the Ramadan prank show \u201cRamez Taht Al-Sefr\u201d (Ramez under Zero Degrees), prompting the Supreme Council of Media Regulation and the Media Syndicate to take action against it.<\/p>\n
These violations included verbal abuse towards Ramez\u2019s guests and an alleged suggestive tone towards one female guest.<\/p>\n
President of Media Syndicate Hamdy al-Koneyesi announced that a meeting took place on Saturday to discuss the problems with \u201cRamez Taht Al-Sefr\u201d, as well as with several other shows which the syndicate received complaints about.<\/p>\n
Al-Konayesi told Al-Masry Al-Youm, \u201cAfter we looked into several complaints including those about Ramez\u2019s show, we decided to forward the complaints to the syndicate for investigation. The shows will face the disciplinary committee if the complaints are proven true. However, the committee has not yet been formed as we await the Egyptian Council of State\u2019s two chosen councilors to join it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is the syndicate\u2019s duty to follow media professionals and make its decisions about them accordingly and then coordinate with the Supreme Council of Media Regulation regarding any professional violations that went unpunished by the channels.\u201d<\/p>\n
President of the Supreme Council of Media Regulation Makram Mohamed Ahmed said that the council is currently looking into the lawful status of the show \u201cRamez Taht Al-Sefr\u201d and that friendly talks with the MBC channel are also underway.<\/p>\n
Ahmed added that any show that is aired for Egyptians must obey the Supreme Council\u2019s rules, adding that a committee has been formed to look into the show\u2019s previous episodes.<\/p>\n
\u201cRamez Taht Al-Sefr\u201d is a prank show presented by actor and prank show host Ramez Galal. Galal pretends to be Egypt\u2019s national team coach Hector Cooper and puts his guests (mostly actors and footballers) through a series of traumatic experiences by pretending they got stuck in icy Russia and that their lives were in danger. The prank even includes a false bear attack, among other things.<\/p>\n
Galal gained both popularity and criticism when he began doing prank shows in 2011. Some accused his shows of taking it too far while others enjoyed the entertainment. He has had successive successful prank shows such as: \u201cRamez Kalb Al-Asad\u201d (The Lion\u2019s Heart) in 2011, \u201cRamez Ankh Amoun\u201d in 2013, \u201cRamez Kersh Al-Bahr\u201d (Ramez the Sea Shark) in 2014 and \u201cRamez Taht Al-Ard\u201d (Ramez Underground) in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A wave of criticism swept the media regarding violations exhibited in the Ramadan prank show \u201cRamez Taht Al-Sefr\u201d (Ramez under Zero Degrees), prompting the Supreme Council of Media Regulation and the Media Syndicate to take action against it. These violations included verbal abuse towards Ramez\u2019s guests and an alleged suggestive tone towards one female guest. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":90095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7863],"tags":[38039,9203,38038],"class_list":["post-90094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-section","tag-hamdy-al-koneyesi","tag-ramadan","tag-ramez-under-zero-degrees"],"yoast_head":"\n