The filmstar’s been charged with public obscenity for a wearing a dress that showed her entire legs.

Despite the overthrow of  Islamist president Mohamed Moursi in a military coup five years ago, Egypt remains a stat driven by deep fundamentalist Islam.

Rania Youssef’s gown at the Cairo International film Festival would barely have raised an eyebrow in other movie capitals.

But reaction on Egyptian social media was outraged. 

Youssef was charged and will appear on January 12. Found guilty, she could be jailed for five years.

She gone on social media herself saying she didn’t realize her attire would spark such anger and reaffirming he commitment to the values upon which she was raised.

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