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An Egyptian actress has been charged with public obscenity and could face jail after appearing on the red carpet wearing a see-through dress that showed off her legs.

Rania Youssef attended the closing ceremony of a film festival in Cairo on Thursday wearing a black leotard with a transparent over-dress embellished with a sequined criss-cross pattern and a bow belt. 

Youssef, who is in her 30s, is set to stand trial on January 12 following a complaint by a group of lawyers to the chief prosecutor.