{"id":21964,"date":"2013-02-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/21964\/anti-sectarian-satire-hits-the-lebanese-music-scene"},"modified":"2013-02-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T00:00:00","slug":"anti-sectarian-satire-hits-the-lebanese-music-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/21964\/anti-sectarian-satire-hits-the-lebanese-music-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Sectarian Satire Hits the Lebanese Music Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"The only thing I like more than an awesome musician, is an awesome musician with a sense of humor.<br \/>  <br \/>  The king of the underground Lebanese music scene, producer and musician Zeid Hamdan posted a new event on his Facebook page Wednesday, jokingly listing various entrance fees according to sectarian affiliation.<br \/>  <br \/>  This, of course, was a snide reference to the Orthodox Gathering&#8217;s draft electoral law, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/21907\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">approved by a joint parliamentary committee<\/a> on Tuesday, which would lump Lebanon into a single district under which each citizen would only be allowed to vote for a list of candidates from his or her own sect.<br \/>  <br \/>  Three words for you: Well done, sir. And don&#8217;t forget to check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/21896\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Zeid&#8217;s concert on February 27<\/a>.    <figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"242\" height=\"250\" data-id=\"453417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/21964-242x250.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-453417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/21964-242x250.png 242w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/21964.png 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/figure><\/figure>    ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The only thing I like more than an awesome musician, is an awesome musician with a sense of 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