Mashrou Leila's Hamed Sno speaks out on beg Mlim, Arab and gay | CNN Polics

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• MLIM, ARAB AND GAY: MASHROU LEILA’S HAMED SNO SPEAKS OUT
• HAMED SNO: GAY, ARAB MICIAN TACKL EQUALY, MARGALIZATN AND ORLANDO SHOOTG
• HAMED LED ONE OF THE ARAB WORLD'S MOST POPULAR BANDS. HE GOT THOANDS OF ABIVE MSAG ONLEA HUGELY POPULAR ARAB BAND MASHROU' LEILA HAS ANNOUNCED IS DISBANDG AFTER YEARS OF NTROVERSY OVER S SUPPORT FOR THE QUEER MUNY.THE MEMBERS OF MASHROU’ LEILA AFTER A NCERT CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHETTS. SOURCE: INSTAGRAM / CHARIS CHANGKEY POTSONE OF THE ARAB WORLD'S MOST POPULAR BANDS IS DISBANDG AFTER YEARS OF QUEER NTROVERSY.MASHROU LEILA' WERE LONGTIME SUPPORTERS OF LGBTIQ+ RIGHTS.LEAD SGER HAMED SNO WAS TARGETTED BY ONLE HATE.THIS ARTICLE NTAS REFERENC TO SUICI/SELF-HARM.ONE OF THE ARAB WORLD'S MOST POPULAR BANDS, MASHROU’ LEILA, IS DISBANDG AMID YEARS OF BACKLASH FOR S SUPPORT OF LGBTIQ+ RIGHTS.AT S HEIGHT, THE DIE BAND PLAYED TO A CROWD OF 35,000 PEOPLE CAIRO, WHO SANG ALONG TO S H SONG KALAAM 2017.BUT THE BAND HAS URTED NTROVERSY FOR S SUPPORT OF THE LGBTIQ+ MUNY, SOMETHG THAT END TRAGEDY WH THE ARRT AND ATH OF ONE OF S FANS.HOW A BAND WH A GAY LEAD SGER BEME A H THE MIDDLE EASTTHE LEAD SGER OF MASHROU' LEILA, HAMED SNO, IS OPENLY GAY, BUT THE BAND ENJOYED ENORMO SUCCS THE NSERVATIVE MIDDLE EAST.IT WAS DURG A 2017 NCERT CAIRO THAT MASHROU’ LEILA EXPERIENCED ONE OF S BIGGT MOMENTS, PLAYG TO TENS OF THOANDS OF PEOPLE. SARAH HEGAZY FLYG THE PRI FLAG AT THE MASHROU’ LEILA NCERT CAIRO. SOURCE: TWTERAMONG THOSE THE CROWD WAS EGYPTIAN ACTIVIST, SARAH HEGAZI, WHO WAS PHOTOGRAPHED WAVG A RABOW FLAG. SNO LATER WROTE ABOUT THE NCERT AN ONLE ARTICLE FOR FRIEZE, AND HE FELT SAFE, SEEN AND LOVED AFTER SPOTTG THE FLAG.BUT THE MOMENT CREATED NTROVERSY, WH SNO WRG THAT EGYPTIAN NEWS STATNS REPORTED THAT "THOANDS OF PERVERTS HAD GATHERED FOR A GAY SATANIC Y". HE SAID AL-AZHAR UNIVERSY ISSUED A FATWA AND 75 PEOPLE WERE JAILED. THIS IS NOT A NORMAL LIFE, TO HAVE 100,000 PERSONS TELLG YOU ON FACEBOOK THAT YOU MT DIE.IN EGYPT THERE ARE NO EXPLIC LAWS BANNG HOMOSEXUALY BUT MORALY LAWS HAVE BEEN ED AGAST THE LGBTIQ+ MUNY. THERE IS OVERWHELMG PUBLIC OPPOSN TO HOMOSEXUALY. THE SUATN LEBANON, WHICH IS SNO'S HOME UNTRY, IS ONLY SLIGHTLY BETTER. HOMOSEXUALY IS TECHNILLY ILLEGAL BUT THE LAWS ARE NOT WILY ENFORCED. DPE THIS, A 2020 REPORT OM THE PEW REARCH CENTRE FOUND 85 PER CENT OF PEOPLE LEBANON SAID THEY DID NOT THK HOMOSEXUALY SHOULD BE ACCEPTED BY SOCIETY.IN THE ARTICLE FOR FRIEZE, SNO EXPLAED THAT SARAH HEGAZI HAD BEEN TAED FOR THREE MONTHS AFTER THE FLAG WAVG, DURG WHICH TIME SHE WAS "ELECTROCUTED, BEATEN, SEXUALLY ASSLTED AND TORTURED" EGYPT. AFTER BEG RELEASED ON BAIL SHE WAS GRANTED POLIL ASYLUM CANADA BUT DIED BY SUICI THREE YEARS LATER. WHY MASHROU’ LEILA IS DISBANDGTHIS WEEK SNO TOLD THE PODST SAR AFTER DNER THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO SARAH WAS "VERY HARMFUL TO ME PSYCHOLOGILLY AND EMOTNALLY"."WHAT HAPPENED TO SARAH, UP UNTIL TODAY I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX," HE SAID. IT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS SNO GAVE FOR WHY THE BAND HAD CID TO BREAK UP. "I CID WAS ENOUGH, I ALSO FELT THAT EACH MEMBER OF THE BAND HAD A HUGE AMOUNT OF STRS ON AND THIS IS NOT A NORMAL LIFE, TO HAVE 100,000 PERSONS TELLG YOU ON FACEBOOK THAT YOU MT DIE," HE SAID. "THERE WAS AN CREDIBLE AMOUNT OF RENTMENT AND NO-ONE N GO THROUGH THIS AND END UP NORMAL OR SANE."READ MOREWHAT 'S LIKE TO BE LGBTIQ+ THE MIDDLE EAST - AND WHY THE TWO MEN FLEDIT ALSO FOLLOWED THE NCELLATN OF THE BAND'S APPEARANCE AT THE TOP LEBANE MIC FTIVAL BYBLOS 2019 TO "PREVENT BLOODSHED".CLERICS HAD LLED FOR THE NCELLATN OF THE NCERT BEE SOME OF THE GROUP'S SONGS WERE EMED OFFENSIVE TO CHRISTIANS.SNOS, WHO HAS NOW RETURNED TO LEBANON AFTER LIVG NEW YORK FOR SEVERAL YEARS, SAID FANC WERE ALSO A FACTOR, WH THE BAND "BARELY MAKG ENOUGH OF WHAT WAS LETTG NTUE" EVEN BEFORE THE COVID-19 PANMIC. HE SAID HE WAS CURRENTLY WRG AN OPERA AND HAD RECENTLY FISHED A MASTER'S GREE THE UNED STAT. "NO-ONE IS THKG OF WORKG TOGETHER AGA FOR NOW."LGBTIQ+ ATRALIANS SEEKG SUPPORT WH MENTAL HEALTH N NTACT QLIFE ON 1800 184 527 OR VIS . ALSO HAS A LIST OF SUPPORT SERVIC.INTERSEX ATRALIANS SEEKG SUPPORT N VIS INTERSEX PEER SUPPORT ATRALIA AT REARS SEEKG CRISIS SUPPORT N NTACT LIFELE ON 13 11 14, THE SUICI CALL BACK SERVICE ON 1300 659 467 AND KIDS HELPLE ON 1800 55 1800 (FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGED UP TO 25). MORE RMATN AND SUPPORT WH MENTAL HEALTH IS AVAILABLE AT AND ON 1300 22 4636.EMBRACE MULTICULTURAL MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS PEOPLE OM CULTURALLY AND LGUISTILLY DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.SHARE4 M READPUBLISHED 15 SEPTEMBER 2022 5:03PMUPDATED 15 SEPTEMBER 2022 5:28PMBY CHARIS CHANGSOURCE: SBS NEWSTAGSARTSMIDDLE EASTSHARE THIS WH FAY AND IENDSCOPY LKSHAREREMEND FOR YOU
• WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE AN OPENLY GAY ROCK STAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST?"A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE FEEL UNSAFE FOR VOLIZG THEIR OPNS, QUEER OR OTHERWISE," SAYS OUT SGER HAMED SNO.BY DAN AVERYJUNE 13, 2016/4:12 PMBY DAN AVERYJUNE 13, 2016 / 4:12 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE AN OPENLY GAY ROCK STAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-06-13T20:12:12.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-06-13T20:12:12.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE RANKS OF OUT AND PROUD MICIANS THE WT HAS GROWN BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS—OM ELTON JOHN AND MELISSA ETHERIDGE TO TEGAN AND SARA AND TROYE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THOUGH, BEG OPENLY LGBT DON'T JT JEOPARDIZE A SGER'S REER— N BE A THREAT TO THEIR VERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THE OPENLY GAY SGER FOR THE LEBANE ALTERNATIVE ROCK BAND MASHROU' LEILA, HAMED SNO IS A RARE VOICE THE ARAB-SPEAKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MASHROU’ LEILA (LERALLY "OVERNIGHT PROJECT") FORMED 2008 AT THE AMERIN UNIVERSY OF BEIT. SCE THEN THE BAND HAS RELEASED FOUR STUD ALBUMS—THEIR LATT, IBN EL LEIL (SON OF THE NIGHT), DROPPED DECEMBER AND RECEIVED CRIL AND MERCIAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT ALSO SE THEM TOURG THE U.S., WH A KICKOFF SHOW NEW YORK EARLIER THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BAND DON'T SHY AWAY OM QUEER THEM THEIR MIC—"SHIM EL YASME," FOR EXAMPLE, IS ABOUT A YOUNG MAN'S SIRE TO TRODUCE HIS BOYIEND TO HIS PARENTS—BUT SNO IS MORE TERTED STARTG A BROAR NVERSATN—ONE THAT ENPASS LGBT THEM BUT IS NOT FED BY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE FEEL UNSAFE FOR VOLIZG THEIR OPNS, QUEER OR OTHERWISE," SNO, 28 TELLS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I’M NOT ONE TO POSN QUEERNS AS A STRICTLY SEXUAL VIEWPOT—I FD TO BE KEY ATTEMPTG TO UNDO INTY ALTOGETHER, WHICH FOR ME AT LEAST, IS A GREAT ENTRY POT TO A LARGER SPECTM OF POLICS... ULTIMATELY THOUGH, I WRE ABOUT WHATEVER SPIR ME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE LEBANON HAS A RICH HISTORY OF MIC, MASHROU' LEILA "DABBL WH A LOT OF DIFFERENT GENR AND IAS," SAYS SNO. "IT DON’T PARTICULARLY REMBLE TRADNAL LEBANE MIC."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IBN EL LEIL SE THEM PROGRSG TOWARD MORE OF A SYNTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"A LOT OF THE NTENT ON THE ALBUM ALS WH BEIT’S NIGHTLIFE... THERE’S A LOT OF PISM, MOURNG, AND LERARY REFERENC, SO WE THOUGHT THE NAME WORKED," SAYS SNO. "SOMETHG THAT TURNED RATHER DARK, AND SOUND LIKE “PARTY BOY” WHEN SAID ARABIC."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE THE BAND HAS GARNERED SR OF FANS, AND PARISONS TO BANDS LIKE ARCTIC MONKEYS AND RADHEAD, THEY'VE ALSO N AFOUL OF CENSORS: IN APRIL, MASHROU' LEILA WAS PERMANENTLY BANNED OM PERFORMG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE [WERE] UNOFFICIALLY RMED THAT WE WILL NEVER BE ALLOWED TO PLAY AGA ANYWHERE JORDAN DUE TO OUR POLIL AND RELIG BELIEFS AND ENDORSEMENT OF GENR EQUALY AND SEXUAL EEDOM," THEY SAID A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT EDICT, AND THE MEDIA ATTENTN DREW, THORI REVERSED THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEBANON IS OFTEN VIEWED AS A PROGRSIVE UNTRY THE MIDDLE EAST, BUT SNO SAYS 'S NO BEAN OF LIBERALISM, SISTS SNO. "WE LIVE UNR WHAT REMBL FDAL DICTATORSHIP, UNR A LEGAL SYSTEM THAT TREATS WOMEN AS THIRD-CLASS CIZENS, WH VERY LTLE EEDOM FOR THE LGBT MUNY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE IS A SMALL GAY SCENE BEIT, HE SAYS, "BUT ’S QUE CLASS-AMED AND REVOLV AROUND NSUMPTN AND NIGHTLIFE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT’S NOT SO MUCH A SCENE, AS IS A NSUMER NICHE," HE ADDS. "BASILLY, ’S EASIER IF YOU HAVE MONEY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, WATCH THE VIO FOR "AOE" OFF IBN EL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OUT IRAQ PREMIER TONIGHT AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NORTH AMERIN TOUR DAT FOR MASHROU' {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JUNE 13—WASHGTON, D.C.: THE HATON. 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• MASHROU’ LEILA ONTMAN HAMED SNO ON LGBT LSONS ROW: ‘THERE ARE SCHOOLS OF ISLAM THAT ARE OK WH BEG GAY’
• HAMED SNO: GAY, ARAB MICIAN TACKL EQUALY, MARGALIZATN AND ORLANDO SHOOTG
• GAY LEAD SGER BANNED OM PERFORMG JORDAN SAYS HE IS VICTIM OF GOVERNMENT HOMOPHOBIA
• HAMED SNO: GAY, ARAB MICIAN TACKL EQUALY, MARGALIZATN AND ORLANDO SHOOTG
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• OPENLY GAY LEBANE SGER HAMED SNO URG MEN TO CHAMPN WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

MLIM, ARAB AND GAY: MASHROU LEILA’S HAMED SNO SPEAKS OUT

Sno laments homophobia and racism followg the Orlando shootg. Hamed Sno is the ontman of Lebane die rock band Mashrou Leila and an openly gay Arab Amerin om a Mlim fay. He reacted strongly to a crowd followg the mass shootg at an Orlando gay nightclub, lamentg the attack agast the LGBT muny as well as the rhetoric agast Mlims and Arabs that followed.

The band followed Sno’s ments up by a soulful performance of “Tayf”— a song off of their newt album “Ibn El-Leil” about an attack on a gay club Beit that was lled “Ghost. Through s mic, lyrics and vios the group addrs issu that are largely taboo Arab mastream culture rangg om sexualy, homosexualy and the polics of genr and relign, g them to get banned om performg Jordan this past April. But he was disappoted by the racism and homophobia that he experienced durg his travels.

“It feels like the amount of homophobia, for example, that I would have to nont Lebanon or other plac the Middle East is equal to the amount of racism I would have to al wh as an Arab who looks like a brown boy ( the U. Gay, Arab mician speaks out.

HAMED SNO: GAY, ARAB MICIAN TACKL EQUALY, MARGALIZATN AND ORLANDO SHOOTG

Hamed Sno: Gay, Arab mician tackl equaly, margalizatn and Orlando shootg. "When I was growg up Beit there really was no mentn of homosexualy a way that ma okay for me.

HAMED LED ONE OF THE ARAB WORLD'S MOST POPULAR BANDS. HE GOT THOANDS OF ABIVE MSAG ONLEA HUGELY POPULAR ARAB BAND MASHROU' LEILA HAS ANNOUNCED IS DISBANDG AFTER YEARS OF NTROVERSY OVER S SUPPORT FOR THE QUEER MUNY.THE MEMBERS OF MASHROU’ LEILA AFTER A NCERT CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHETTS. SOURCE: INSTAGRAM / CHARIS CHANGKEY POTSONE OF THE ARAB WORLD'S MOST POPULAR BANDS IS DISBANDG AFTER YEARS OF QUEER NTROVERSY.MASHROU LEILA' WERE LONGTIME SUPPORTERS OF LGBTIQ+ RIGHTS.LEAD SGER HAMED SNO WAS TARGETTED BY ONLE HATE.THIS ARTICLE NTAS REFERENC TO SUICI/SELF-HARM.ONE OF THE ARAB WORLD'S MOST POPULAR BANDS, MASHROU’ LEILA, IS DISBANDG AMID YEARS OF BACKLASH FOR S SUPPORT OF LGBTIQ+ RIGHTS.AT S HEIGHT, THE DIE BAND PLAYED TO A CROWD OF 35,000 PEOPLE CAIRO, WHO SANG ALONG TO S H SONG KALAAM 2017.BUT THE BAND HAS URTED NTROVERSY FOR S SUPPORT OF THE LGBTIQ+ MUNY, SOMETHG THAT END TRAGEDY WH THE ARRT AND ATH OF ONE OF S FANS.HOW A BAND WH A GAY LEAD SGER BEME A H THE MIDDLE EASTTHE LEAD SGER OF MASHROU' LEILA, HAMED SNO, IS OPENLY GAY, BUT THE BAND ENJOYED ENORMO SUCCS THE NSERVATIVE MIDDLE EAST.IT WAS DURG A 2017 NCERT CAIRO THAT MASHROU’ LEILA EXPERIENCED ONE OF S BIGGT MOMENTS, PLAYG TO TENS OF THOANDS OF PEOPLE. SARAH HEGAZY FLYG THE PRI FLAG AT THE MASHROU’ LEILA NCERT CAIRO. SOURCE: TWTERAMONG THOSE THE CROWD WAS EGYPTIAN ACTIVIST, SARAH HEGAZI, WHO WAS PHOTOGRAPHED WAVG A RABOW FLAG. SNO LATER WROTE ABOUT THE NCERT AN ONLE ARTICLE FOR FRIEZE, AND HE FELT SAFE, SEEN AND LOVED AFTER SPOTTG THE FLAG.BUT THE MOMENT CREATED NTROVERSY, WH SNO WRG THAT EGYPTIAN NEWS STATNS REPORTED THAT "THOANDS OF PERVERTS HAD GATHERED FOR A GAY SATANIC Y". HE SAID AL-AZHAR UNIVERSY ISSUED A FATWA AND 75 PEOPLE WERE JAILED. THIS IS NOT A NORMAL LIFE, TO HAVE 100,000 PERSONS TELLG YOU ON FACEBOOK THAT YOU MT DIE.IN EGYPT THERE ARE NO EXPLIC LAWS BANNG HOMOSEXUALY BUT MORALY LAWS HAVE BEEN ED AGAST THE LGBTIQ+ MUNY. THERE IS OVERWHELMG PUBLIC OPPOSN TO HOMOSEXUALY. THE SUATN LEBANON, WHICH IS SNO'S HOME UNTRY, IS ONLY SLIGHTLY BETTER. HOMOSEXUALY IS TECHNILLY ILLEGAL BUT THE LAWS ARE NOT WILY ENFORCED. DPE THIS, A 2020 REPORT OM THE PEW REARCH CENTRE FOUND 85 PER CENT OF PEOPLE LEBANON SAID THEY DID NOT THK HOMOSEXUALY SHOULD BE ACCEPTED BY SOCIETY.IN THE ARTICLE FOR FRIEZE, SNO EXPLAED THAT SARAH HEGAZI HAD BEEN TAED FOR THREE MONTHS AFTER THE FLAG WAVG, DURG WHICH TIME SHE WAS "ELECTROCUTED, BEATEN, SEXUALLY ASSLTED AND TORTURED" EGYPT. AFTER BEG RELEASED ON BAIL SHE WAS GRANTED POLIL ASYLUM CANADA BUT DIED BY SUICI THREE YEARS LATER. WHY MASHROU’ LEILA IS DISBANDGTHIS WEEK SNO TOLD THE PODST SAR AFTER DNER THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO SARAH WAS "VERY HARMFUL TO ME PSYCHOLOGILLY AND EMOTNALLY"."WHAT HAPPENED TO SARAH, UP UNTIL TODAY I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX," HE SAID. IT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS SNO GAVE FOR WHY THE BAND HAD CID TO BREAK UP. "I CID WAS ENOUGH, I ALSO FELT THAT EACH MEMBER OF THE BAND HAD A HUGE AMOUNT OF STRS ON AND THIS IS NOT A NORMAL LIFE, TO HAVE 100,000 PERSONS TELLG YOU ON FACEBOOK THAT YOU MT DIE," HE SAID. "THERE WAS AN CREDIBLE AMOUNT OF RENTMENT AND NO-ONE N GO THROUGH THIS AND END UP NORMAL OR SANE."READ MOREWHAT 'S LIKE TO BE LGBTIQ+ THE MIDDLE EAST - AND WHY THE TWO MEN FLEDIT ALSO FOLLOWED THE NCELLATN OF THE BAND'S APPEARANCE AT THE TOP LEBANE MIC FTIVAL BYBLOS 2019 TO "PREVENT BLOODSHED".CLERICS HAD LLED FOR THE NCELLATN OF THE NCERT BEE SOME OF THE GROUP'S SONGS WERE EMED OFFENSIVE TO CHRISTIANS.SNOS, WHO HAS NOW RETURNED TO LEBANON AFTER LIVG NEW YORK FOR SEVERAL YEARS, SAID FANC WERE ALSO A FACTOR, WH THE BAND "BARELY MAKG ENOUGH OF WHAT WAS LETTG NTUE" EVEN BEFORE THE COVID-19 PANMIC. HE SAID HE WAS CURRENTLY WRG AN OPERA AND HAD RECENTLY FISHED A MASTER'S GREE THE UNED STAT. "NO-ONE IS THKG OF WORKG TOGETHER AGA FOR NOW."LGBTIQ+ ATRALIANS SEEKG SUPPORT WH MENTAL HEALTH N NTACT QLIFE ON 1800 184 527 OR VIS . ALSO HAS A LIST OF SUPPORT SERVIC.INTERSEX ATRALIANS SEEKG SUPPORT N VIS INTERSEX PEER SUPPORT ATRALIA AT REARS SEEKG CRISIS SUPPORT N NTACT LIFELE ON 13 11 14, THE SUICI CALL BACK SERVICE ON 1300 659 467 AND KIDS HELPLE ON 1800 55 1800 (FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGED UP TO 25). MORE RMATN AND SUPPORT WH MENTAL HEALTH IS AVAILABLE AT AND ON 1300 22 4636.EMBRACE MULTICULTURAL MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS PEOPLE OM CULTURALLY AND LGUISTILLY DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.SHARE4 M READPUBLISHED 15 SEPTEMBER 2022 5:03PMUPDATED 15 SEPTEMBER 2022 5:28PMBY CHARIS CHANGSOURCE: SBS NEWSTAGSARTSMIDDLE EASTSHARE THIS WH FAY AND IENDSCOPY LKSHAREREMEND FOR YOU

And I stggled for a really, really long time wh that and jt you know tryg to accept myself and not thkg that I sentially serve to be thrown off a buildg, " said 28-year-old is Lebane-Amerin, born to a Mlim fay and openly gay. CBS News spoke wh Sno about two weeks before the attack on a gay nightclub Orlando that left 49 people ad and dozens more wound. "There is this one track on the last album lled "Tayf" (ghost) and 's about this gay club Beit that got shut down by the municipaly.

WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE AN OPENLY GAY ROCK STAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST?"A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE FEEL UNSAFE FOR VOLIZG THEIR OPNS, QUEER OR OTHERWISE," SAYS OUT SGER HAMED SNO.BY DAN AVERYJUNE 13, 2016/4:12 PMBY DAN AVERYJUNE 13, 2016 / 4:12 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE AN OPENLY GAY ROCK STAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-06-13T20:12:12.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-06-13T20:12:12.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE RANKS OF OUT AND PROUD MICIANS THE WT HAS GROWN BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS—OM ELTON JOHN AND MELISSA ETHERIDGE TO TEGAN AND SARA AND TROYE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THOUGH, BEG OPENLY LGBT DON'T JT JEOPARDIZE A SGER'S REER— N BE A THREAT TO THEIR VERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THE OPENLY GAY SGER FOR THE LEBANE ALTERNATIVE ROCK BAND MASHROU' LEILA, HAMED SNO IS A RARE VOICE THE ARAB-SPEAKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MASHROU’ LEILA (LERALLY "OVERNIGHT PROJECT") FORMED 2008 AT THE AMERIN UNIVERSY OF BEIT. SCE THEN THE BAND HAS RELEASED FOUR STUD ALBUMS—THEIR LATT, IBN EL LEIL (SON OF THE NIGHT), DROPPED DECEMBER AND RECEIVED CRIL AND MERCIAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT ALSO SE THEM TOURG THE U.S., WH A KICKOFF SHOW NEW YORK EARLIER THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BAND DON'T SHY AWAY OM QUEER THEM THEIR MIC—"SHIM EL YASME," FOR EXAMPLE, IS ABOUT A YOUNG MAN'S SIRE TO TRODUCE HIS BOYIEND TO HIS PARENTS—BUT SNO IS MORE TERTED STARTG A BROAR NVERSATN—ONE THAT ENPASS LGBT THEM BUT IS NOT FED BY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE FEEL UNSAFE FOR VOLIZG THEIR OPNS, QUEER OR OTHERWISE," SNO, 28 TELLS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I’M NOT ONE TO POSN QUEERNS AS A STRICTLY SEXUAL VIEWPOT—I FD TO BE KEY ATTEMPTG TO UNDO INTY ALTOGETHER, WHICH FOR ME AT LEAST, IS A GREAT ENTRY POT TO A LARGER SPECTM OF POLICS... ULTIMATELY THOUGH, I WRE ABOUT WHATEVER SPIR ME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE LEBANON HAS A RICH HISTORY OF MIC, MASHROU' LEILA "DABBL WH A LOT OF DIFFERENT GENR AND IAS," SAYS SNO. "IT DON’T PARTICULARLY REMBLE TRADNAL LEBANE MIC."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IBN EL LEIL SE THEM PROGRSG TOWARD MORE OF A SYNTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"A LOT OF THE NTENT ON THE ALBUM ALS WH BEIT’S NIGHTLIFE... THERE’S A LOT OF PISM, MOURNG, AND LERARY REFERENC, SO WE THOUGHT THE NAME WORKED," SAYS SNO. "SOMETHG THAT TURNED RATHER DARK, AND SOUND LIKE “PARTY BOY” WHEN SAID ARABIC."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE THE BAND HAS GARNERED SR OF FANS, AND PARISONS TO BANDS LIKE ARCTIC MONKEYS AND RADHEAD, THEY'VE ALSO N AFOUL OF CENSORS: IN APRIL, MASHROU' LEILA WAS PERMANENTLY BANNED OM PERFORMG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE [WERE] UNOFFICIALLY RMED THAT WE WILL NEVER BE ALLOWED TO PLAY AGA ANYWHERE JORDAN DUE TO OUR POLIL AND RELIG BELIEFS AND ENDORSEMENT OF GENR EQUALY AND SEXUAL EEDOM," THEY SAID A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT EDICT, AND THE MEDIA ATTENTN DREW, THORI REVERSED THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEBANON IS OFTEN VIEWED AS A PROGRSIVE UNTRY THE MIDDLE EAST, BUT SNO SAYS 'S NO BEAN OF LIBERALISM, SISTS SNO. "WE LIVE UNR WHAT REMBL FDAL DICTATORSHIP, UNR A LEGAL SYSTEM THAT TREATS WOMEN AS THIRD-CLASS CIZENS, WH VERY LTLE EEDOM FOR THE LGBT MUNY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE IS A SMALL GAY SCENE BEIT, HE SAYS, "BUT ’S QUE CLASS-AMED AND REVOLV AROUND NSUMPTN AND NIGHTLIFE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT’S NOT SO MUCH A SCENE, AS IS A NSUMER NICHE," HE ADDS. 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Mashrou Leila' were longtime supporters of LGBTIQ+ sger Hamed Sno was targetted by onle article ntas referenc to suici/ of the Arab world's most popular bands, Mashrou’ Leila, is disbandg amid years of backlash for s support of LGBTIQ+ s height, the die band played to a crowd of 35, 000 people Cairo, who sang along to s h song Kalaam the band has urted ntroversy for s support of the LGBTIQ+ muny, somethg that end tragedy wh the arrt and ath of one of s a band wh a gay lead sger beme a h the Middle EastThe lead sger of Mashrou' Leila, Hamed Sno, is openly gay, but the band enjoyed enormo succs the nservative Middle was durg a 2017 ncert Cairo that Mashrou’ Leila experienced one of s biggt moments, playg to tens of thoands of people. Sno later wrote about the ncert an, and he felt safe, seen and loved after spottg the the moment created ntroversy, wh Sno wrg that Egyptian news statns reported that "thoands of perverts had gathered for a gay satanic y".

This is not a normal life, to have 100, 000 persons tellg you on Facebook that you mt Egypt there are no explic laws banng homosexualy but moraly laws have been ed agast the LGBTIQ+ muny.

There is overwhelmg public opposn to homosexualy.

MASHROU’ LEILA ONTMAN HAMED SNO ON LGBT LSONS ROW: ‘THERE ARE SCHOOLS OF ISLAM THAT ARE OK WH BEG GAY’

Homosexualy is technilly illegal but the laws are not wily enforced. Dpe this, a 2020 report om the Pew Rearch Centre found 85 per cent of people Lebanon said they did not thk homosexualy should be accepted by the article for Frieze, Sno explaed that Sarah Hegazi had been taed for three months after the flag wavg, durg which time she was "electrocuted, beaten, sexually asslted and tortured" Egypt.

Wh their fourth album, "Ibn El Leil" (Son of the Night), a work about grief and mourng Beit’s nightclubs, when a gunman killed dozens of people at a gay nightclub Orlando, Florida.

HAMED SNO: GAY, ARAB MICIAN TACKL EQUALY, MARGALIZATN AND ORLANDO SHOOTG

Sudnly, their work took on a hntg new Sno, the band’s lyricist and lead sger, is openly gay and om a Mlim fay. Sno belted out sthg polil satir of homophobia, rpt policians and peers who would rather dance than face realy.

The band has e to reprent somethg subaltern and ntag that n be heard on the track “Tayf" (Ghost), an o to a gay nightclub Beit that got raid by has said that the wrg on the track is some of his favore on the album. The ranks of out and proud micians the Wt has grown by leaps and bounds—om Elton John and Melissa Etheridge to Tegan and Sara and Troye the Middle East, though, beg openly LGBT don't jt jeopardize a sger's reer— n be a threat to their very the openly gay sger for the Lebane alternative rock band Mashrou' Leila, Hamed Sno is a rare voice the Arab-speakg world. "There is a small gay scene Beit, he says, "but ’s que class-amed and revolv around nsumptn and nightlife.

The Middle East's biggt gay rock star talks personal mons and global eedom Attu's 25th anniversary issue. As the gay ontman of Mashrou’ Leila, the biggt alt-rock band to e out of the Middle East, Hamed Sno knows a thg or two about the clash between LGBTQ eedom and homophobic relig doctre. “So much has happened that is never tght to bee we receive this one versn that is herently homophobic, bigoted and shty.

GAY LEAD SGER BANNED OM PERFORMG JORDAN SAYS HE IS VICTIM OF GOVERNMENT HOMOPHOBIA

He go on: “My iend had a relig weddg, a Mlim weddg, a relig gay weddg.

“I grew up a relig hoehold and for so long I hated myself for [beg gay], ” he explas. “If I had known that was possible for gay men to get married — not that I thk marriage is right — had I jt heard that ltle factoid when I was kid, that there was such a thg as a Mlim gay weddg, would have saved me a great al of sufferg. Gay.

HAMED SNO: GAY, ARAB MICIAN TACKL EQUALY, MARGALIZATN AND ORLANDO SHOOTG

As one of the only openly gay celebri the Arab world, he has bee a facto mouthpiece and lightng rod, beg embroiled ternatnal human-rights issu when all he really wants to do is play die band, Mashrou’ Leila, has acquired a young, progrsive fan base over the past few years. Wh days, seven people were arrted for “promotg sexual viancy, ” part of Print Abl Fattah el-Sisi’s crackdown on homosexualy.

GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

Arrte were subject to anal exams to tt them for gay sex. Mashrou’ Leila was banned om Egypt, and homophobic mors swirled onle, cludg that the ncert had been a 35, 000-person y — “which, even if you try to enterta the ia, seems really, really difficult to anize, ” Mr.

“They were jt flat out, ‘We don’t want them bee he’s gay. Sno, who has dual Lebane and Uned Stat cizenship, don’t feel much more at ease Ameri than he do the Middle East, sayg that the “ your face” racism he enunters here is at least as bad as the homophobia back home. Sno found himself torn after the mass shootg at the gay nightclub Pulse Orlando, Fla., wantg to stand wh the gay and lbian muny even as onle trolls lled him a “terrorist.

OPENLY GAY LEBANE SGER HAMED SNO URG MEN TO CHAMPN WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

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