Popular Egyptian television presenter Sarah Khalifa will sign appeal papers against her death sentence on Tuesday, her lawyer Mohamed El-Gendy said.
Khalifa was convicted last week alongside 11 others in a synthetic drug manufacturing and trafficking case.
She has consistently denied any involvement, saying she had never even smoked a cigarette in her life.
Euronews looked into what Egyptian law says about capital punishment in drug cases and what the appeals process could mean for Khalifa and her co-defendants.
Why can a drugs case carry the death penalty?
