LebaneseDude 6,146 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Via CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/15/politics/mashrou-leila-hamed-sinno/index.html?sr=fbcnni061516mashrou-leila-hamed-sinno1256PMVODtopLink&linkId=25562477 Hamed Sinno is the frontman of Lebanese indie rock band Mashrou Leila and an openly gay Arab American from a Muslim family. He reacted strongly to a crowd following the mass shooting at an Orlando gay nightclub, lamenting the attack against the LGBT community as well as the rhetoric against Muslims and Arabs that followed. "Suddenly, just because you're brown and queer you can't mourn and it's really not f---ing fair," Sinno said on stage while performing at the band's sold out show Monday night at The Hamilton in Washington. "There are a bunch of us who are queer who feel assaulted by that attack who can't mourn because we're also from Muslim families and we exist ... this is what it looks like to be called both a terrorist and a *******." The band followed Sinno's comments up by a soulful performance of "Tayf"— a song off of their newest album "Ibn El-Leil" about an attack on a gay club in Beirut that was called "Ghost." In an interview with CNN Friday, Sinno slammed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, calling him a "fascist," and lamented anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric in 2016 politics, adding that Trump's rise is "very shocking for someone who grew up with this idea" that in the United States "everything is made right when it comes to equality." Through its music, lyrics and videos the group addresses issues that are largely taboo in Arab mainstream culture ranging from sexuality, homosexuality and the politics of gender and religion, causing them to get banned from performing in Jordan this past April. "(In the Middle East) there's a lot of discourse that gets removed from mainstream debate, from popular culture but also from society," Sinno said. "Because the big networks and television and magazines won't address these questions -- Be it stuff about sexual liberties or queerness or gender equality or even socialism. " Nightlife in Beirut is actually where so much of our politics and society get negotiated," Sinno said. "It's a very political thing to go to a bar in Beirut. "I don't think that expectation is really there when it comes to dealing with white artists. No one really goes up to a white artist and says, 'How do you represent your culture?' " Sinno said, criticizing the oversimplification of Arab identity. Sinno is a second generation Arab-American and grew up in Lebanon listening to stories from his father about the opportunity and the freedom that exists in the U.S. and has thought about moving to the United States and adopting a child one day. But he was disappointed by the racism and homophobia that he experienced during his travels. "It feels like the amount of homophobia, for example, that I would have to confront in Lebanon or in other places in the Middle East is equal to the amount of racism I would have to deal with as an Arab who looks like a brown boy (in the U.S.)," Sinno said. Lamenting the "mono-narrative" that surrounds Arab and Muslim identity, Sinno said the band feels uncomfortable when they are asked to speak for the Arab and Muslim world. "The Arab world is as complex and as diverse and messed up and great as anywhere else in the world," Sinno said, adding that when individuals and artists do not fit the stereotype of a radicalized or violent Arab, they are treated as "some sort of sensational phenomenon when it's really not the case -- it's the other way around." Edited just now by LebaneseDude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LebaneseDude 6,146 Posted June 21, 2016 Author Share Posted June 21, 2016 It is complex and diverse. Many Lebanese Christians like myself don't consider themselves Arab, yet we're bundled up as as Middle Easterners as if we all have the same culture, facing xenophobia everywhere we go. I had some random people online tell me I wasn't allowed to mourn for Orlando because I was from Lebanon so I'm somehow complicit because ISIS is a Middle Eastern problem. It didn't faze me but it's ridiculous how people are so quick to stereotype. Edited just now by LebaneseDude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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littlepotter 76,610 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 4 minutes ago, LebaneseDude said: It is complex and diverse. Many Lebanese Christians like myself don't consider themselves Arab, yet we're bundled up as as Middle Easterners as if we all have the same culture, facing xenophobia everywhere we go. YES! My ****ing god. They have the nerve to call arabs 'ignorant' when it comes to some issues (which I fully admit they are) but they're oblivious to their own stupidity when it comes to race. To call a christian an isis supporter... chaeri pls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 127,367 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Thank you for posting this! people don't know **** about the middle east, they think it's a big desert without food and we are riding on camels to go to the market and we are all of the same race.. oh and we are not black and not white we are "Arabic color" So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlepotter 76,610 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Wtf leh mane 3m efham wala kelme mnl ghniye chaeri pls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LebaneseDude 6,146 Posted June 21, 2016 Author Share Posted June 21, 2016 Just now, ARTPOPthatbooty said: Damn hes hot That's what you get out of this? I agree though Just now, littlepotter said: YES! My ****ing god. They have the nerve to call arabs 'ignorant' when it comes to some issues (which I fully admit they are) but they're oblivious to their own stupidity when it comes to race. To call a christian an isis supporter... Right? The funny part is that many of the issues the Middle East is ignorant on historically stem from Western occupation. The Middle Eastern world was far more accepting of LGBT issues before the Western powers took over, and the constitutional laws that are nowadays used in persecution are a result of their interference. Edited just now by LebaneseDude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LebaneseDude 6,146 Posted June 21, 2016 Author Share Posted June 21, 2016 1 minute ago, littlepotter said: Wtf leh mane 3m efham wala kelme mnl ghniye haha ba3refa lal ghanniye so fhemt el lyrics bas eh iza mabta3refon mabtifham shi Edited just now by LebaneseDude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 15 minutes ago, LebaneseDude said: "The Arab world is as complex and as diverse and messed up and great as anywhere else in the world," Sinno said, adding that when individuals and artists do not fit the stereotype of a radicalized or violent Arab, they are treated as "some sort of sensational phenomenon when it's really not the case -- it's the other way around." FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LebaneseDude 6,146 Posted June 21, 2016 Author Share Posted June 21, 2016 2 minutes ago, River said: Thank you for posting this! people don't know **** about the middle east, they think it's a big desert without food and we are riding on camels to go to the market and we are all of the same race.. oh and we are not black and not white we are "Arabic color" Someone asked me how I had internet in Lebanon because they thought we lived in tents I'm not even kidding Edited just now by LebaneseDude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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River 127,367 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Just now, LebaneseDude said: Someone asked me how I had internet in Lebanon because they thought we lived in tents I'm not even kidding omg I heard so many dumb questions like if we have cars, if it's snowing, if we have fruits and more stupid things.. And how I hate this solidarity hug "awww you are from the middle east, it must be difficult no? I'm so glad that you are alive!!" So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LebaneseDude 6,146 Posted June 21, 2016 Author Share Posted June 21, 2016 7 minutes ago, Derpplause said: He's very attractive My favorite photo of him is this one Edited just now by LebaneseDude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlepotter 76,610 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 17 minutes ago, LebaneseDude said: Someone asked me how I had internet in Lebanon because they thought we lived in tents I'm not even kidding NO WAY chaeri pls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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