An international music festival in Lebanon has dropped a popular local band from its line-up, following threats of violence on social media and pressure from Christian groups over lyrics they labeled ...

BEIRUT, July 23 (Reuters) - Lebanese church leaders have demanded the cancellation of a concert by Lebanese band Mashrou' Leila on the grounds its songs are blasphemous, leading the group to say it is ...

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 ...

In the wake of the horrific shooting at the Orlando gay nightclub Pulse, Hamed Sinno, lead vocalist of the band Mashrou’ Leila, spoke out on Twitter. “What a time to be an Arab-American queer Muslim,” ...

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 ...

Before moving to America, Mashrou' Leila lead singer Hamed Sinno believed in the “myth of American exceptionalism” when it comes to social justice and equality — much unlike his band’s experiences in ...

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 ...

A popular Mideast rock band known for its rousing music and lyrics challenging norms in the conservative Arab world is once again at the center of a heated debate about freedom of expression — this… ...

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 ...

Two weeks into his band’s second U.S. tour, Mashrou’ Leila frontman Hamed Sinno is still in disbelief that the group is here at all, let alone drawing packed houses. “It doesn’t make sense to me, to ...

Sometimes musicians write a song for a cause. Sometimes, the cause chooses the song. That is what has happened with "Roman," the latest release from Mashrou' Leila, the Lebanese alternative rock band ...