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Amman – Danish artist Lisa Lash Nielsen accuses Egyptian media personality Maha El Sagheer, ex-wife of actor Ahmed El Sakka, of claiming ownership of one of her original paintings.

Incident surfaced after El Sagheer appeared on Ma'akum Mona El Shazly in early June, discussing her love for art and presenting a painting as her own work.

Nielsen later identified the piece as her own, painted in 2019, and posted on Instagram:

> “Wonderful to see my work on a major Egyptian talk show—140 million people—but it would’ve been more meaningful had my name been credited. Instead, Maha El Sagheer claimed the artwork ‘I Made Myself Some Wings’ as her own, along with pieces by three other artists. Copying art is one thing, but photographing the actual painting and taking public credit for it… that’s a first.”



She emphasised the ethical breach, saying El Sagheer didn’t just imitate but presented the actual artwork as her own creation.