Egypt’s Dokki Midemeanor Court handed actor Ahmed el-Fishawy a one-year prison sentence and LE500 fine and set his bail at LE 2,000, over his refusal to pay his daughter’s expenses. Fishawy, his teenage daughter Lina, and the actor’s former spouse Hend al-Hennawy have been embroiled in a series of court disputes since 2005. The Khalifa Family Court previously sentenced the actor, director and producer to one month in jail in August 2019 for refusing to pay LE 234,600 in alimony for his daughter, according to a statement from his ex-wife’s lawyer Shaaban Said. The Family Court issued the one-month prison sentence based on a document submitted by Said proving that Fishawy, the star of Sheikh Jackson (2017), is financially capable of supporting his daughter Lina. Hennawy’s lawyer said that Fishawy is now stuck between two choices: either pay his daughter’s alimony or be imprisoned for an entire month, adding that the court sentence cannot be appealed. In a phone interview on the Egyptia…
