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Mashrou' Leila (Arabic: مشورع ليلى) is a electro-alternative-rock band from Beirut, UsefulNotes/{{Lebanon}}. Formed in 2008, Mashrou' Leila is composed of [[FiveManBand five members]], and mostly sings in Standard or Lebanese [[UsefulNotes/ArabicLanguage Arabic]]. Mashrou' Leila is well-known in the [[UsefulNotes/TheMiddleEast Middle East]] and further for their articulate and culturally resonant lyrics, satirizing and criticizing Lebanese politics and society.

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Mashrou' Leila (Arabic: مشورع ليلى) is a electro-alternative-rock band from Beirut, UsefulNotes/{{Lebanon}}. Formed in 2008, Mashrou' Leila is composed of [[FiveManBand five members]], members, and mostly sings in Standard or Lebanese [[UsefulNotes/ArabicLanguage Arabic]]. Mashrou' Leila is well-known in the [[UsefulNotes/TheMiddleEast Middle East]] and further for their articulate and culturally resonant lyrics, satirizing and criticizing Lebanese politics and society.
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-->Liver baptized in gin
-->I dance to ward off the djin
-->I'll drown my liver in gin
-->In the name of the father and the son

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-->I'll I'll drown my liver in gin
-->In In the name of the father and the son

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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Mashrou Leila slides from 1 to 5.



-->تزوجنى و أقرأ أنجلز فى سريرى [[note]]"Marry me and read Engels in my bed."[[/note]]

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-->تزوجنى و أقرأ أنجلز فى سريرى [[note]]"Marry me and read Engels in my bed."[[/note]]"[[/note]]
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* BadassMustache: Hamed Sinno has the most badass mustache in the whole of Lebanon.
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* {{Socialism}}: Invoked in "El Hal Romancy" [[note]]"The Solution is Romantic."[[/note]]:

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* {{Socialism}}: UsefulNotes/{{Socialism}}: Invoked in "El Hal Romancy" [[note]]"The Solution is Romantic."[[/note]]:
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Mashrou' Leila (Arabic: مشورع ليلى) is a electro-alternative-rock band from Beirut, UsefulNotes/Lebanon. Formed in 2008, Mashrou' Leila is composed of [[FiveManBand five members]], and mostly sings in Standard or Lebanese [[UsefulNotes/ArabicLanguage Arabic]]. Mashrou' Leila is well-known in the [[UsefulNotes/TheMiddleEast Middle East]] and further for their articulate and culturally resonant lyrics, satirizing and criticizing Lebanese politics and society.

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Mashrou' Leila (Arabic: مشورع ليلى) is a electro-alternative-rock band from Beirut, UsefulNotes/Lebanon.UsefulNotes/{{Lebanon}}. Formed in 2008, Mashrou' Leila is composed of [[FiveManBand five members]], and mostly sings in Standard or Lebanese [[UsefulNotes/ArabicLanguage Arabic]]. Mashrou' Leila is well-known in the [[UsefulNotes/TheMiddleEast Middle East]] and further for their articulate and culturally resonant lyrics, satirizing and criticizing Lebanese politics and society.
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Mashrou' Leila (Arabic: مشورع ليلى) is a electro-alternative-rock band from Beirut, {{Lebanon}}. Formed in 2008, Mashrou' Leila is composed of [[FiveManBand five members]], and mostly sings in Standard or Lebanese [[ArabicLanguage Arabic]]. Mashrou' Leila is well-known in the [[TheMiddleEast Middle East]] and further for their articulate and culturally resonant lyrics, satirizing and criticizing Lebanese politics and society.

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Mashrou' Leila (Arabic: مشورع ليلى) is a electro-alternative-rock band from Beirut, {{Lebanon}}. UsefulNotes/Lebanon. Formed in 2008, Mashrou' Leila is composed of [[FiveManBand five members]], and mostly sings in Standard or Lebanese [[ArabicLanguage [[UsefulNotes/ArabicLanguage Arabic]]. Mashrou' Leila is well-known in the [[TheMiddleEast [[UsefulNotes/TheMiddleEast Middle East]] and further for their articulate and culturally resonant lyrics, satirizing and criticizing Lebanese politics and society.
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* BannedInChina: Mashrou' Leila were banned from performing in Jordan a couple of times because of the LGBT capacity of the band; [[BadassGay Hamed Sinno]] is gay.
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Mashrou' Leila (Arabic: مشورع ليلى) is a electro-indie-rock band from Beirut, {{Lebanon}}. Formed in 2008, Mashrou' Leila is composed of [[FiveManBand five members]], and mostly sings in Standard or Lebanese [[ArabicLanguage Arabic]]. Mashrou' Leila is well-known in the [[TheMiddleEast Middle East]] and further for their articulate and culturally resonant lyrics, satirizing and criticizing Lebanese politics and society.

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Mashrou' Leila (Arabic: مشورع ليلى) is a electro-indie-rock electro-alternative-rock band from Beirut, {{Lebanon}}. Formed in 2008, Mashrou' Leila is composed of [[FiveManBand five members]], and mostly sings in Standard or Lebanese [[ArabicLanguage Arabic]]. Mashrou' Leila is well-known in the [[TheMiddleEast Middle East]] and further for their articulate and culturally resonant lyrics, satirizing and criticizing Lebanese politics and society.

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** This line from "Djinn":

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** This line from "Djinn":"Djinn"[[note]]Ghosts[[/note]]:



** "Fasateen."
** "Shim el Yasmine."

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** "Fasateen."
"Fasateen"[[note]]Dresses[[/note]]
** "Shim el Yasmine."Yasmine"[[note]]Smell the Jasmines[[/note]]



** the plots of "Tayf" and "Ashabi."

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** the plots of "Tayf" "Tayf"[[note]]Spectrum/Rainbow[[/note]] and "Ashabi.""[[note]]My Friends[[/note]]



* DaddyIssues: "3 Minutes."
* DarkIsNotEvil: "Bahr."

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* DaddyIssues: "3 Minutes."
Minutes"
* DarkerAndEdgier: Ibn El Leil[[note]]Son of the Night[[/note]] (2015) is full of mourning and angst, Sinno having written many of the songs on the album dealing with his grief about his father's death.
* DarkIsNotEvil: "Bahr.""Bahr"[[note]]Sea[[/note]]



* {{Gayngst}}: many of the songs on Ibn Il Leil.

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* {{Gayngst}}: many of the songs on Ibn Il El Leil.



* DudeLooksLikeALady: Inverted in "Imm el Jacket," Hamed mistakes a girl who [[{{Tomboy}} dresses masculine-ly]], acts freely and goes out at night for a gay guy.
* IntercourseWithYou: "Kalam" and "Asnam."

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* DudeLooksLikeALady: Inverted in "Imm el Jacket," Jacket,"[[note]]Girl with the Jacket[[/note]] Hamed mistakes a girl who [[{{Tomboy}} dresses masculine-ly]], acts freely and goes out at night for a gay guy.
* IntercourseWithYou: "Kalam" "Kalam"[[note]]Talk[[/note]] and "Asnam.""[[note]]Idols[[/note]]



* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Most of Mashrou' Leila's songs are pretty cynical, but they also have idealist gems.

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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Most of Mashrou' Leila's songs are pretty cynical, but they also have idealist gems.gems.
* {{Socialism}}: Invoked in "El Hal Romancy" [[note]]"The Solution is Romantic."[[/note]]:
-->تزوجنى و أقرأ أنجلز فى سريرى [[note]]"Marry me and read Engels in my bed."[[/note]]
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Mashrou' Leila is a electro-indie-rock band from Beirut, {{Lebanon}}. Formed in 2008, Mashrou' Leila is composed of [[FiveManBand five members]], and mostly sings in Standard or Lebanese [[ArabicLanguage Arabic]]. Mashrou' Leila is well-known in the [[TheMiddleEast Middle East]] and further for their articulate and culturally resonant lyrics, satirizing and criticizing Lebanese politics and society.

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Mashrou' Leila (Arabic: مشورع ليلى) is a electro-indie-rock band from Beirut, {{Lebanon}}. Formed in 2008, Mashrou' Leila is composed of [[FiveManBand five members]], and mostly sings in Standard or Lebanese [[ArabicLanguage Arabic]]. Mashrou' Leila is well-known in the [[TheMiddleEast Middle East]] and further for their articulate and culturally resonant lyrics, satirizing and criticizing Lebanese politics and society.



** Mashrou' Leila means "Leila's Project," but it also means "One Night Project" because Leila is both a female given name and the singular form of "night."

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** [[PunnyName Mashrou' Leila Leila]] means "Leila's Project," but it also means "One Night Project" because Project;" Leila is both a female given name and the Arabic singular form of "night."
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* DeathSong: "Bahr;" see below.
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* ProtestSong: "Lil Watan" is about how governments create distractions from their own mismanagement and injustice and how they place obstacles in the face of those wanting to participate in politics and having their opinions and grievances known.

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* ProtestSong: "Lil Watan" is about how governments create distractions from their own mismanagement and injustice and how they place obstacles in the face of those wanting to participate in politics and having to have their opinions and grievances known.

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Mashrou' Leila is a electro-indie-rock band from Beirut, {{Lebanon}}. Formed in 2008, Mashrou' Leila is composed of [[FiveManBand five members]], and mostly sings in Standard or Lebanese [[ArabicLanguage Arabic]]. Mashrou' Leila well-known in the [[TheMiddleEast Middle East]] and further for their articulate and culturally resonant lyrics, satirizing and criticizing Lebanese politics and society.

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[BadassBeard Beards]], beards everywhere.]]

Mashrou' Leila is a electro-indie-rock band from Beirut, {{Lebanon}}. Formed in 2008, Mashrou' Leila is composed of [[FiveManBand five members]], and mostly sings in Standard or Lebanese [[ArabicLanguage Arabic]]. Mashrou' Leila is well-known in the [[TheMiddleEast Middle East]] and further for their articulate and culturally resonant lyrics, satirizing and criticizing Lebanese politics and society.


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Mashrou Leila is a electro-indie-rock band from {{Lebanon}}, formed in Beirut in 2008. Composed of [[FiveManBand five members]], Mashrou' Leila mostly sings in [[ArabicLanguage Arabic]], particularly in Lebanese Arabic. Mashrou' Leila well-known in the [[TheMiddleEast Middle East]] and further for their culturally resonant lyrics, satirizing and criticizing Lebanese politics and society.

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Mashrou Mashrou' Leila is a electro-indie-rock band from {{Lebanon}}, formed Beirut, {{Lebanon}}. Formed in Beirut in 2008. Composed 2008, Mashrou' Leila is composed of [[FiveManBand five members]], Mashrou' Leila and mostly sings in Standard or Lebanese [[ArabicLanguage Arabic]], particularly in Lebanese Arabic. Arabic]]. Mashrou' Leila well-known in the [[TheMiddleEast Middle East]] and further for their articulate and culturally resonant lyrics, satirizing and criticizing Lebanese politics and society.

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Mashrou Leila is a electro-indie-rock band from {{Lebanon}}, formed in Beirut in 2008.

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Mashrou Leila is a electro-indie-rock band from {{Lebanon}}, formed in Beirut in 2008.
2008. Composed of [[FiveManBand five members]], Mashrou' Leila mostly sings in [[ArabicLanguage Arabic]], particularly in Lebanese Arabic. Mashrou' Leila well-known in the [[TheMiddleEast Middle East]] and further for their culturally resonant lyrics, satirizing and criticizing Lebanese politics and society.

The band has five studio albums to date, with the sixth currently in production.
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* DudeLooksLikeALady: Inverted in "Imm el Jacket," Hamed mistakes a girl who [[Tomboy dresses masculine-ly]], acts freely and goes out at night for a gay guy.

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* DudeLooksLikeALady: Inverted in "Imm el Jacket," Hamed mistakes a girl who [[Tomboy [[{{Tomboy}} dresses masculine-ly]], acts freely and goes out at night for a gay guy.

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* CoverVersion: "غدًا يومٌ أفضل" (lit: Tomorrow is a Better Day) is a cover of "Clint Eastwood" by {{Music/Gorillaz}} with the lyrics changed as the band's way of supporting the sentiments of TheArabSpring.
* DaddyIssues: "3 Minutes."



* ElectronicMusic: the band makes use of synths, to very exquisite effect.



* ElectronicMusic: the band makes use of synths, to very exquisite effect.


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* DudeLooksLikeALady: Inverted in "Imm el Jacket," Hamed mistakes a girl who [[Tomboy dresses masculine-ly]], acts freely and goes out at night for a gay guy.

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* BellyDancer: the music video for "Lil Watan" has a belly dancer as the physical embodiment of the provocative distractions governments like to create.



* GriefSong: "Bahr" tells the story of a very poignant and painful loss.

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* GriefSong: "Bahr" GriefSong:
**"Bahr"
tells the story of a very poignant and painful loss.loss.
** "Abdo" is about a man in a neighborhood/village called Abdo who is head over tits in love with a widow, but she will never reciprocate his feelings because she buried her heart with her dead husband. She rejected the man so bad he was too broken to love again.
** Despite its upbeat-ness, "Djin" can be interpreted as such; [[BrokenAce Hamed Sinno]] fell into a deep depressive-alcoholic spiral following the death of his father.


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* SelfTitledAlbum: their debut album, ''Mashou' Leila''.

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* BreakUpSong: "Fasateen."
* BuryYourGays: the plot of "Tayf."

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* BreakUpSong: BreakUpSong:
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"Fasateen."
** "Shim el Yasmine."
* BuryYourGays: the plot BuryYourGays:
**the plots
of "Tayf.""Tayf" and "Ashabi."
** "Maghawir" is about a shooting in a gay club in Beirut.



* ProtestSong: "Lil Watan" is about how governments create distractions from their own mismanagement and injustice and how it puts obstacles in the face of those wanting to participate in politics and having their opinions and grievances known.

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* ProtestSong: "Lil Watan" is about how governments create distractions from their own mismanagement and injustice and how it puts they place obstacles in the face of those wanting to participate in politics and having their opinions and grievances known.
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Mashrou Leila is [[Lebanon Lebanese]] electro-indie-rock band, formed in Beirut in 2008.

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Mashrou Leila is [[Lebanon Lebanese]] a electro-indie-rock band, band from {{Lebanon}}, formed in Beirut in 2008.
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Mashrou Leila is [[Lebanon Lebanese]] electro-indie-rock band, formed in Beirut in 2008.

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!!Leila's Tropes:

* AlternativeRock: Mashrou' Leila's official genre.
* BadassMustache: Hamed Sinno has the most badass mustache in the whole of Lebanon.
* BannedInChina: Mashrou' Leila were banned from performing in Jordan a couple of times because of the LGBT capacity of the band; [[BadassGay Hamed Sinno]] is gay.
* BilingualBonus:
** Mashrou' Leila means "Leila's Project," but it also means "One Night Project" because Leila is both a female given name and the singular form of "night."
** This line from "Djinn":
-->Liver baptized in gin
-->I dance to ward off the djin
-->I'll drown my liver in gin
-->In the name of the father and the son
* BreakUpSong: "Fasateen."
* BuryYourGays: the plot of "Tayf."
* DarkIsNotEvil: "Bahr."
* {{Gayngst}}: many of the songs on Ibn Il Leil.
* ElectronicMusic: the band makes use of synths, to very exquisite effect.
* GriefSong: "Bahr" tells the story of a very poignant and painful loss.
* IntercourseWithYou: "Kalam" and "Asnam."
* {{Jazz}}: "Bahr" has many jazzy elements.
* LyricalDissonance: "Djinn" is about drinking to forget your sorrows, but it has an incredibly cheery tune.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Mashrou Leila slides from 1 to 5.
* ProtestSong: "Lil Watan" is about how governments create distractions from their own mismanagement and injustice and how it puts obstacles in the face of those wanting to participate in politics and having their opinions and grievances known.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Most of Mashrou' Leila's songs are pretty cynical, but they also have idealist gems.

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