March 07, 2019

Mashrou' Leila: the Lebanese indie band championing Arab gay rights - going to Europe

The Arab world’s biggest indie group, probably the most successful Arabic-language band internationally, they have collaborations with Róisín Murphy and Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard, they're going on a European tour - they're Mashrou' Leila and Guardian talked to them about politics, LGBT rights and how the West sees the East.