Indie Lebanese band voices hopes of Arab youth
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Indie Lebanese band voices hopes of Arab youth
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) _ Hundreds of young Arabs joyfully screamed out obscenities, encouraged by the handsome, gay Lebanese lead singer at the concert in Jordan's capital. Police looked on worriedly. People outside asked what was going on.
It was a performance by the band Mashrou Leila, which uses a hybrid of velvety Lebanese slang and European instruments to address difficult, sometimes taboo issues of Middle Eastern societies. Lyrics of love and angst are intertwined with more difficult, sometimes taboo issues, with issues like poverty, premarital sex and homosexuality in this deeply homophobic region.Read more… (http://nationalgaynews.com/entertainment/488-indie-lebanese-band-voices-hopes-of-arab-youth.html)