{"id":52021,"date":"2017-06-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/52021\/for-the-second-consecutive-year-mashrou-leila-banned-from-performing-in-jordan"},"modified":"2023-05-08T10:03:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T10:03:14","slug":"for-the-second-consecutive-year-mashrou-leila-banned-from-performing-in-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/52021\/for-the-second-consecutive-year-mashrou-leila-banned-from-performing-in-jordan\/","title":{"rendered":"For The Second Consecutive Year, Mashrou’ Leila Banned From Performing In Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":" Main picture: Tarek Moukaddem Photography <\/i>

In April of last year, Mashrou’ Leila planned their last regional concert to take place in Jordan before embarking on their European ‘Ibn El Leil’ tour. Shortly before the concert would have taken place, Jordanian authorities banned the event, <\/a> stating that the performance would have clashed with the ‘authenticity’ of the site in which they would have performed. But many people, knowing the ideals and morals that the outspoken band represents, were quick to assume that the reason for the prohibition of the concert was actually rooted in the band’s progressive ideologies on gender equality, political criticism, and their open stance on the stringency for LGBTQI human rights in the Middle East.