What's up with Algeria nowadays? This country that is fighting for its soul as it has been doing that for some time now. Do they look up to France? Are they pious Muslim? Are they a bit of both? I couldn't help but ask myself those questions as I read the ongoing effort to stop a number of Lebanese singers from singing in an Algerian music festival.
Those are a number of Lebanon's A list pop entertainers that are told by the people behind the effort, they are not welcome there. The campaign is titled "We Don't Want Raunchy Entertainers in the land of a Million martyrs" Pretty strong words, do not you think? Those people have threaten to egg and tomato the entertainers if they chose to take part of the festival in Algeria.
I can see the financial concerns, as politicians spend lavishly on those events in the hopes the youth will forget about their unemployment. Some want the money spend on real music that builds character, not just appeals to the eyes. As of this moment there are 30 thousand fans to this Facebook page.
Needless to say the liberals are not happy about those efforts, and they seem to argue that such efforts bring Algeria back and give a negative image of their beloved country. It's true that Algeria had seen the bloodiest confrontation with Islamist and such groups. But I think those reasons are not enough to dismiss such efforts, there are real problem in Algeria, that not even the A list Lebanese singers cannot address.
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