What is the role that music and art played during the protests in Lebanon? How political can and should music be? And what is the role of artists in revolutions? Julia discusses all of these questions with independent musicians in Beirut.
Women in Lebanon are the driving force behind the protests against the ruling elite. They are fighting not only against the corrupt system that prevents them from passing on their Lebanese nationality to their children, but also for the rights of LGBTQI+, refugees and migrants.
Carlotta and Katrin were invited for the premiere of “the naked good life” – a transnational theatre cooperation between Hamburg, Berlin and Beirut. Director Lydia Ziemke talked to us afterwards about the role of theatre within the Arab Spring and the current civil protests in the region.