Current sectionArt & CultureShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeSherine Abdel Wahab performing in Cairo in 2018. Credit: Mahmoud Abdel Nasser / APSherine Abdel Wahab, Egypt's biggest pop star, has been in the headlines as much for her music as her turbulent personal life, which includes being sectioned by her family10:15 PM • May 25 2026 IDTLast January, Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel Wahab was at the center of a media storm. Conflicting reports about her physical and mental state flooded news websites and social media: initially, it was claimed she was rushed to hospital in an ambulance, and later it was reported that she had secretly left her home in Cairo's Sheikh Zayed City to live under the care of her family. In the NewsThe Jewish Occult Comes Out of the ShadowHow Netanyahu Became a Punchline on American TVNo One Has Lamented Israel Quite Like This Musical DuoNetanyahu's Shavuot Greeting Video to Israelis: Gaslighting, Hate and DivisionThe Tragedy of the Jewish Players Who Shaped Interwar European SoccerRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIBen-Gvir Posts Video of Police Dragging Detained Gaza Flotilla ActivistsFreed Gaza Flotilla Activists Report Sexual Abuse, Rape in Israeli CustodyThe Most Consequential Republican Primary for Israel Is Happening in Kentucky'It Was Okay to Be Crazy': IDF Soldiers Discuss Moral Decay in LebanonUnmoved by Trump's Ticking Clock, Iran Forms a New Reality in the Persian Gulf`On Israel, Gaza and Palestine, Bigmouth Tucker Carlson Spoke Nothing but Truth