Mashrou' Leila's Hamed Sinno and Carl Gerges discuss why they're banned in parts of the Arab world. Lebanese Indie Pop Band Mashrou' Leila Gives Voice To Oppressed Before moving to America, Mashrou’ ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BEIRUT, July 23 (Reuters) - Lebanese church leaders have demanded the cancellation of a concert by Lebanese band Mashrou' Leila on ...

The band is scheduled to preform on August 9th in the context of the Byblos International Festival. Jbeil's eparchy intervenes objecting to the blasphemous texts of some songs. The controversy goes ...

Hamed Sinno shocked the crowd by announcing the band's demise. Mashrou Leila Sometimes transliterated as Mashrou3 Leila or Leila's Project) is a Lebanese four-member indie rock band. The band formed ...

Music will always be political for Mashrou' Leila's frontman Hamed Sinno. Sinno is gay, and for more than a decade, the Beirut band's electro-pop anthems about gender, LGBTQ rights and "modern Arabic ...

A rock band from Beirut gives a stunning performance, with songs that mix hedonism and heady, hyper-literate lyrics. When we invited the band Mashrou' Leila to come play at the Tiny Desk, we couldn't ...

Two weeks after Northwestern University in Qatar announced it's hosting a talk with the Lebanese music band Mashrou' Leila, the university released an updated statement stating the event will be ...