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Lion tamers live-stream shows from Cairo living room

Thousands of viewers confined to their homes watched Joumana's first show online last month[Photo:AFP]

In his Cairo living room, Egyptian Ashraf al-Helw reprimanded his lioness Joumana for not obeying him after bringing her home for live-streamed performances during the coronavirus pandemic.

"I am very unhappy with you Jojo," the 26-year-old lion tamer yelled at the lioness, who returned to her stool before snatching a piece of raw meat from a nearby table.

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