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Because of a painting .. a Danish artist accuses Maha Al -Saghir of art theft

The Egyptian media faces Maha Al -Saghir , the artist’s free Details of the crisis are due to the appearance of Maha Al -Saghir in a program "With you Mona Al -Shazly " On ON channel, she talked about her multiple hobbies, especially drawing, and she offered a group of paintings that she said was from her works."Text-Align: Jusify"> An explicit legal violation

In an angry post on her official Instagram account, Lash Nilsin wrote: "It is great to see your work displayed in a famous program in a country like Egypt, but it is frustrated not to mention your name, and the worst is that the painting is attributed to another person"

The Danish artist pointed out that Maha Al -Saghir was not satisfied with copying the work, but rather used the original image of the painting, and promoted it for herself, in what she described as"An explicit violation of Egyptian and international law, and the Bern Convention to protect copyright"

She added: "I contacted the program team and its small person personally more than once without a response, what happened can only be considered an infringement of my right as a creator"

Mona Al -Shazly decides the controversy

In light of the escalation of controversy, the media, Mona Al -Shazly, went out of her silence to confirm through her Facebook account that the aforementioned painting is not the creativity of Maha Al -Saghir, but rather returns to the Danish artist Lisa Lash Nilsin.

She wrote: "We respect creativity and creators everywhere, and we appreciate the real artistic effort"

Yasmine Al -Khatib: "Theft and facilitation"

The writer and media, Yasmine Al -Khatib, also criticized Maha Al -Saghir’s behavior, describing him as a"Artistic"Saying through her social media accounts: "The paintings are all stolen, including a Danish artist documented through her personal account, if you are not able to respect the rights of artists, at least you will not have work for yourself"

She pointed out that what happened reflects a general absence to respect intellectual property in the Arab world, especially for visual arts." Class ="Instagram-Media" Data-instgrm-permalink =" Data-instgrm-Version ="14" Style =" Background: #FFF; Border: 0; Border-Radius: 3px; BOX-HADOW: 0 0 1PX 0 RGBA (0,0,0,0.5), 0 1px 10px 0 RGBA (0,0,0,0.15); Margin: 1px; Max-width: 658px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; Width: 99.375%; Width: -Webkit-Calc (100%-2px); Width: Calc (100% – 2px);">

The repercussions of the crisis were not limited to the Egyptian community only, but also reached the European cultural circles, especially after the story was widely circulated on the media in Europe, amid possible legal demands.

Lisa Nilsin said at the end of her statements: "I am not against artistic participation, but this must happen with permission, appreciation and respect for the rights of artists"

Does the crisis affect the image of Maha Al -Saghir?"Text-Align: Jusify"> Observers believe that what happened represents a crisis of confidence in the image of Maha Al -Saghir media and artistic, especially since she was seeking during the recent period to highlight herself as a designer and a formative creator.

No official apology or clarification was issued by Maha Al -Saghir, the issue remains open to legal and ethical possibilities.

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