Update: Byblos Festival cancelled the concert for security reasons. After a week of hysterical hate and conspiracy-filled campaigns against Mashrou' Leila, and after being interrogated by the authorities and meeting with religious bodies, Judge Ghada Aoun cleared the band of any wrongdoings after they vowed to remove a picture that was deemed disrespectful. Despite news that spread about the band issuing an apology, no official statement was published by the band or the Byblos International…

After what's been happening with Mashrou3 Leila, I first thought this news of censoring a Mohammad Iskandar song was made up by a satire website but it turned out to be true. Apparently, the song talks about bribes and hints at the Iskan Bank which upset the bank that filed a lawsuit forcing the singer to remove any mentions of the bank in the song and stop playing it on all channels until then. I…