Mashrou Leila

SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN BY: TOM FABER Embarking on a European tour and collaborating with Róisín Murphy, the fast-rising quartet say the west is wrong to see their progressive politics as unusual in the Arab world  ‘They say the band is immoral, that we incite a revolutionary feeling in people’ … left to right: Haig Papazian, … Continued

SOURCE: CNN BY: MELISSA MAHTANI AND GHITA BENSLIMANE (CNN)It’s been little over a month since Egypt banned the Lebanese indie rock group Mashrou’ Leila from performing in the country, after a handful of fans raised a rainbow flag at their concert in Cairo. Despite that, the band remains defiant. “We’re definitely more steadfast about discussing … Continued