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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 349

Mashrou’ Leila

A girl waves a rainbow flag during a concert organized in solidarity with Lebanese indie band Mashrou' Leila in Lebanon's capital Beirut, August 9, 2019. (Anwar Amro/AFP)
August 10, 2019, 1:15 am
Hundreds attend Lebanon protest concert after show by gay-friendly band canceled
After rock group Mashrou’ Leila cut from top festival for alleged blasphemy, activists and academics hold replacement event in Beirut titled ‘Music is Always Louder’
By AFP
Dutch band Within Temptation. (Facebook)
August 4, 2019, 4:26 pm
Dutch band cancels Lebanon gig in support of embattled local group
Within Temptation joins other activists in protest after festival organizers pull Mashrou’ Leila, whose lead singer is gay, from program over fears of ‘bloodshed’
By AFP
In this file photo taken on November 1, 2017 (L-R) Musicians Haig Papazian, Carl Gerges and Hamed Sinno of Mashrou' Leila pose for a picture in New York. (Angela Weiss/AFP)
July 30, 2019, 6:23 pm
Lebanon cancels gig by gay-friendly band for fear of ‘bloodshed’
Local clerics claim that Mashrou’ Leila offensive to Christians after lead singer posts article containing image in which Virgin Mary’s face replaced by that of Madonna’s
By AFP
(L-R) Musicians Haig Papazian, Carl Gerges and Hamed Sinno of Mashrou' Leila pose for a picture on November 1, 2017 in New York. (AFP PHOTO / ANGELA WEISS)
November 27, 2017, 12:16 am
Egypt sentences 14 men to three years’ jail for homosexuality
Dozens arrested for ‘abnormal sexuality’ following outdoor concert by Lebanese band whose frontman is openly gay
By AFP and AP
Illustrative: Eight Egyptian men convicted for 'inciting debauchery,' following their appearance in a video of an alleged same-sex wedding party on a Nile boat leave the defendant's cage in a courtroom in Cairo, Egypt, November 1, 2014. (AP/Hassan Ammar, File)
October 1, 2017, 11:30 pm
Egypt puts 17 men on trial for homosexuality
Defendants accused of ‘debauchery’ and ‘incitement to debauchery,’ just over a week after at least six arrested for waving pride flag
By AFP
Detail from the May/June 2016 Arabic cover of Jordan's My.Kali magazine, featuring ‪‎Jordanian‬ martial arts fighter Yara Kakish
July 25, 2016, 7:30 pm
Jordan gets its first Arabic LGBT-focused online magazine
After 8 years of publishing in English, founder says gay Middle Easterners asked for content in their native tongue
By Dov Lieber
A still image taken from the music video for Mashrou’ Leila's hit song Fasateen (Dresses), which challenges the traditional role of marriage. (screen capture: YouTube).
April 30, 2016, 9:44 am
Jordan ends ban on Lebanese band with gay frontman
Despite reversal coming too late for planned Friday concert in Amman, politician says cleric-backed embargo on Mashrou’ Leila is lifted
By AP
A still image taken from the music video for Mashrou’ Leila's hit song Fasateen (Dresses), which challenges the traditional role of marriage. (screen capture: YouTube).
April 28, 2016, 1:01 pm
Lebanese band with gay frontman barred from Jordan
Mashrou’ Leila, which refused to open for Tel Aviv-bound Red Hot Chili Peppers four years ago, has Amman concert canceled because its music, stance ‘contradict’ local values
By Dov Lieber
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