An Egyptian pop singer arrested after eating a banana suggestively while wearing skimpy clothing in her music video has been jailed for two years for 'inciting debauchery'.

Shaimaa Ahmed, better known by her stage name Shyma, appears in the video in her underwear before a classroom of young men.

The blackboard behind her has 'Class #69' written on it, and she proceeds to suggestively eat an apple and a banana and pour milk over the fruit.

Controversial: Shaimaa 'Shyma' Ahmed, 25, appears in the video in her underwear, pouring milk over a banana

The video to her song I Have Issues created a stir on social media in conservative Egypt and was discussed on TV talk shows.

Prosecutors ordered the 25-year-old to be detained over the racy video clip following a flurry of complaints.

But an Egyptian court has since jailed the little-known singer for two years on for inciting debauchery, judicial sources said.

The singer, who was fined 10,000 Egyptian pounds ($560), can appeal the verdict to a higher court.

The director of the video was also fined and sentenced to two years in prison, but in absentia. Both defendants were accused of inciting debauchery and producing a video harming public morality.

Innuendo: As she sings, she also suggestively eats a banana in front of a classroom audience

In jail: After the video was shared widely on social media, the singer was arrested for 'inciting debauchery'

Causing anger: The video shows her in a classroom full of young men. She has since been jailed

Provocative: The blackboard behind her has 'Class #69' written on it

She was initially remanded for four days, but an Egyptian court has now sentenced her to two years in jail

In November, a Lebanese pop star was reprimanded by Egyptian authorities after wearing a pair of shorts on stage.

Haifa Wehbe, 41, says she was 'called for interrogation' after donning the olive green mini-shorts during a performance at the American University of Cairo.

The pop star claims a female journalist watching her performance was so upset she complained to the country's tourism police.

The police passed the complaint to the Egyptian Musicians' Syndicate, which licences performers in the country, which summoned Haifa's manager

Haifa's manager was called to 'warn' him that the singer should pick outfits which 'take into account the traditions and customs of Egyptian people'.