Posted By
Fred
Jul 21, 2019 03:00
A Facebook page by the name of "جُنود الرَّب" has been unleashing since July 17 a series of posts to its 5.5K followers condemning Mashrou' Leila's sexual/religious ideologies, performances and lyrics. This comes around 2 weeks before they are expected to perform at the Byblos International Festival on August 9, marking the band's 10-year-anniversary. Mashrou' Leila is being criticized for the content of its lyrics, attacking religions, and for promoting homosexuality, by its openly-gay frontman…
Posted By
Najib
Jul 21, 2019 06:10
I like the idea behind this video clip to include politicians and artists and it's nicely shot but can the lyrics get cheesier than that? And what's that lousy rap part and kid singing towards the end? I hope they don't start playing it on the MEA flights 😂😂
Posted By
Najib
Jul 21, 2019 05:55
When the budget was finally approved two days ago, I kept checking articles to see what happened to Article 94 which dealt with reducing the salaries of MPs, only to find out today that it was scrapped. Why was it removed from the 2019 budget? Get this. Because it is not within the parliament's jurisdiction to discuss such matters. Lebanese MPs are among the the highest paid in the world when compared to the national…
Posted By
Najib
Jul 21, 2019 05:21
2019 and 2018 witnessed alarming developments in the use of archaic media laws to arrest, interrogate and prosecute people over social media posts in Lebanon. According to digital rights group Social Media Exchange , the number of cases brought over online posts more than quadrupled between 2017 and 2018. We're talking about 6 cases in 2016, vs 9 in 2017, 41 in 2018 and 27 so far in 2019. What is needed is a new…
Baladi
4 years ago
Lebanon’s most beloved saint, Mar Charbel is celebrated on the third Sunday of July. On this occasion, over 10,000 candles were lit up in Mar Charbel’s town of Bkaakafra. I found few pictures shared by ...
Lebanon
4 years ago
Following his victory in an epic 5-hour Wimbledon final last Saturday alongside his compatriot and countryman Juan Sebastian Cabal over the French pair Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin 6-7, 7-6, 7-6, 6-7, 6-3, Robert Farah ...
Baladi
4 years ago
Gibran Khalil Gibran’s masterpiece “Broken Wings”, a story laden with Gibran’s views on morality, love, marriage, children, pain and loss, has been turned into a musical that premiered at the Theater Royal Haymarket, London, in ...
Critiques
4 years ago
The long-awaited so-called austerity budget was finally passed today in parliament following a tense voting session, and as expected it failed to tackle structural problems of the economy or target corruption. Instead, they simply cut ...
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