On April 17, 2011, Hawass was sentenced to jail for one year for refusing to obey a court ruling relating to a contract for the gift shop at the Egyptian Museum to a company with links to Hawass.
2011年4月17日，哈瓦斯被判入狱一年，因为他拒绝服从有关在埃及博物馆的礼品店合同对公司链接到他本人的法院裁决。