Mashrou' Leila has been officially dropped from the Lebanon festival
Festival organizers released a statement saying the “unprecedented step” of cancelling the performance by“We apologize for what happened, and apologize to the public,” it added.
“We have been tried on the streets, judged and convicted by anyone wishing. This is a departure from the logic of the state, one that strikes at the core of our sense of our safety and ability to be artistic and creative.” “This is a step back for Lebanon, which has always prided itself on embracing diversity and being a center for music, art and culture,” tweeted Aya Majzoub, a Lebanon researcher at Human Rights Watch.
The band has been a champion of LGBT rights in the Arab world and regularly sings about controversial subjects such as sectarianism, corruption and other social and political problems.
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