AFTER centuries of abuse, the Nile river will finally get its day in court. At a concert in the United Arab Emirates, a fan asked Sherine Abdel-Wahab to perform her patriotic song "Mashrebtesh Min Nilha?" ("Haven't You Drunk From the Nile?"). The Egyptian chanteuse replied with a joke about the notoriously polluted river: "You'll get bilharzia [a disease caused by parasitic worms] if you do." Better to drink Evian, she said. It was sound advice. Though the government insists that the water is safe, people are often poisoned by it. But her comments sickened a lawyer called Hany Gad, who sued Ms Wahab for insulting Egypt. She will stand trial in December.
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机译：经过数百年的虐待，尼罗河终于在法庭上得到了应有的表现。在阿拉伯联合酋长国的一场音乐会上，一名歌迷请Sherine Abdel-Wahab演唱爱国歌曲“ Mashrebtesh Min Nilha？”。 （“您不是从尼罗河喝醉了吗？”）。埃及女歌唱家开了一个关于臭名昭著的污染河流的笑话：“如果这样做，你会患上比尔哈兹病（一种由寄生虫引起的疾病）。”她说，最好喝依云。这是合理的建议。尽管政府坚持认为水是安全的，但人们经常被水毒死。但是她的评论使叫汉妮·加德（Hany Gad）的律师感到不适，后者起诉瓦哈卜（Wahab）女士侮辱埃及。她将于12月接受审判。
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