Paltian pop artist Bashar Murad is an openly gay sger who his mic to addrs a number of societal issu. NPR's Daniel Estr vised him at a rerdg stud East Jesalem.
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GAY PALTIAN POP SGER BASHAR MURAD KEEPS DREAMG BIG
* gay palestinian singer *
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MASKHARA")MURAD: (Sgg Arabic) Are you the only openly gay Paltian sger performg today?
They said, Bashar is gay.
They ed a rogatory word Arabic for gay. Bee you're gay. You know, growg up, the topics of homosexualy and, you know, and genr and queer issu, they were very, very, very taboo that, you know, growg up, I thought I was the only gay person Palte.
PALTIANS DIVID OVER NCELATN OF NCERT BY GAY SGER
On the other hand, Murad was the only gay Paltian pop sger to open his shows wearg a weddg veil and to go on to perform a ver of the John-and-Yoko classic anthem Image, plete wh altered referenc to dreams of no checkpots, visas and passports, too. On June 17, Paltian youth the cy of Ramallah, the central Wt Bank, prevented sger Bashar Murad om performg over what they lled his support of homosexualy Palte.