An Image of Tolerance Still Manages to Flicker in Old Movie Theaters

The New York Times

The red velvet curtains opened and a fantasy of Lebanon emerged, devoid of disputes over sect, politics or nationality. A singer at Music Hall, a former movie theater in Beirut that has become a popular nightclub featuring diverse acts.

A Mexican-Lebanese singer belted out a pair of songs in Spanish. Arabo-Cuban performers followed, then a woman thundering through Adele, a longhaired Gypsy guitarist, an Egyptian singing in French and an imposing military man singing patriotic songs about Lebanon.

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