{"id":767245,"date":"2025-12-10T09:55:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T09:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/?p=767245"},"modified":"2025-12-10T10:02:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T10:02:49","slug":"military-court-clears-comedian-nour-hajjar-over-army-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/767245\/military-court-clears-comedian-nour-hajjar-over-army-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Military Court Clears Comedian Nour Hajjar Over Army Joke"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Lebanese stand-up comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nourhajjar007\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nour Hajjar<\/a> has been officially cleared by the military court in Beirut, bringing an end <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/681167\/comedian-nour-hajjar-called-in-reportedly-over-joke-relating-to-lebanese-army\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to a case that began back in August 2023<\/a> over a joke made during one of his live performances.<\/p>    <p><\/p>    <div style=\"display:flex;justify-content: center;align-items: center;\">   <div class=\"lozad wp-twitter-embed\" style=\"text-align: center;width:80%;max-width: 100%;\" data-twitter-src=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Legal_Agenda\/status\/1998693943765016940\"><\/div>  <\/div>    <p><\/p>    <p>Hajjar, along with Awkword founder and producer Danny Abou Jaoude, had been ridiculously prosecuted over a joke made in a stand-up show that circulated online, in which Hajjar joked about Lebanese army soldiers working as Toters delivery drivers due to the country\u2019s economic collapse. The clip was taken from a stand-up set performed at Awkword and later circulated online.<\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p>The case was based on Article 157 of Lebanon\u2019s Military Code of Justice, which criminalizes insulting or harming the reputation of the military institution. On Tuesday December 9th, the permanent military court in Beirut <a href=\"https:\/\/legal-agenda.com\/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%a1%d8%a9-%d9%84%d9%84%d9%83%d9%88%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%af%d9%8a-%d9%86%d9%88%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d8%ac%d9%91%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d9%86%d9%83%d8%aa%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%aa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">found that there were no grounds for conviction<\/a> and ruled in favor of both Hajjar and Abou Jaoude.<\/p>    <p><\/p>   <iframe title=\"Embedded Instagram Post\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C8Eiq2Dtaak\/embed\/\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 12px 0px 12px !important; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe>   <div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-the-court-considered\">What the Court Considered<\/h3>    <p><\/p>    <p>During the hearing, Hajjar told the court that the joke was never intended to insult or belittle the army. Instead, he explained that the goal was to highlight the difficult living conditions faced by soldiers amid Lebanon\u2019s financial collapse.<\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p>Hopefully, this ruling marks a turning point, and an end to the exhausting pursuit of comedians over jokes, while far more serious crimes continue to go unresolved. <\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p>In the meantime, be sure to follow <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/awkwordcomedy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Awkword Comedy<\/a> and their line-up of comedians and check out their always entertaining shows. <\/p>    <div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>    <div class=\"wp-block-thisis-thisis-more-like-this-block\">             <div class=\"thisis-more-like-this-block\">             <div class=\"thisis-more-like-this-block__header\"                 style=\"background-color: #84459a;\">                 <h3>                     MORE LIKE THIS                <\/h3>             <\/div>             <div class=\"thisis-more-like-this-block__content\"                 style=\"background-color: #84459a1a;\">                                     <div class=\"thisis-more-like-this-block__image\">                         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ziadstamps-250x188.jpg\" alt=\"Lebanon Honors Ziad Rahbani With New Commemorative Stamps\" \/>                     <\/div>                                                     <div class=\"thisis-more-like-this-block__text\">                                                     <h2>Lebanon Honors Ziad Rahbani With New Commemorative Stamps<\/h2>                                                                             <p>Music giant Ziad Rahbani now has four commemorative stamps. 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