Visual artist Pascale Tarraf was interrogated because of her critiques of President Michel Aoun and his mandate in her Facebook posts.
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Lebanese authorities banned US horror film "Annabelle: Creation" from cinemas after some Christian clerics expressed opposition to some of the scenes.
Read More »Lebanon: Director detained for shooting film in Israel
Film director Ziad Doueiri was held and questioned by security officers at the Beirut airport, then appeared in court for shooting a 2013 film in Israel.
Read More »Lebanon: TV station takes religious film off air after online protest
Lebanese TV station MTV stopped broadcasting a film about Jesus' life, which was set to air Easter weekend, due to online protests and insults from viewers.
Read More »‘Wonder Woman’ movie banned, rejected and boycotted in several countries
‘Wonder Woman’ was banned in Lebanon & Qatar, pulled from a festival in Algeria & suspended in Tunisia due to lead actress Gal Gadot's Israeli nationality.
Read More »Lebanon: Two movies banned from film festival
Two movies – ‘Beit Al-Baher’ and ‘Mawlana’ – were not granted screening permissions during the Beirut Cinema Days film festival.
Read More »Lebanon: Two singers interrogated over banned music video
Singers Myriam Klink and Jad Khalife were interrogated for over six hours at a Beirut police station over a video authorities banned for being “indecent”.
Read More »Kuwait/Lebanon/UAE: Countries ban Egyptian film over religious concerns
Egyptian film ‘Mawlana’ (Preacher) banned in Kuwait, UAE & Lebanon over backlash from religious clerics amid fears it could “incite sectarian strife”.
Read More »Lebanon: Religious believer blacked out of film
Lebanese-French filmmaker Philippe Aractingi had to censor one scene in his film 'Ismaii' (Listen) by covering a Druze cleric with a black mark.
Read More »Lebanon: Backlash mounts after psychedelic music festival
The Hexaplex psychedelic music festival held from 1-4 September 2016 at a camping site in Chahtoul, Lebanon, 35 kilometres north of capital Beirut, has been receiving backlash from the local Christian community, politicians and general public who claim festivalgoers participated in acts contrary to their religious, cultural and social norms …
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