Collective Action
Demonstrators gather outside General Security headquarters in Beirut to protest against the summoning of the director Awad Awad
Demonstrators gathered yesterday outside General Security’s Beirut headquarters to support the director Awad Awad, who was summoned for an investigation over a play that was cancelled over the weekend under murky circumstances. The director was summoned after General Security prevented the closing performance of his production “Tenfiseh” from going forward. According to the security agency and Nidal Al Achkar, the director of Masrah al-Madina, where the play was to be performed, the play was supposedly suspended because the theater hadn’t obtained the proper permit to stage it. Others alleged that General Security was motivated by censorship, because earlier performances reportedly contained language considered insulting to President Michel Aoun. When Awad left his interrogation yesterday, he said he intends to get a permit and ensure the play is performed soon.
اعتصام أمام الأمن العام في #بيروت تضامناً مع المخرج عوض عوض، الذي استدعي إلى التحقيق بسبب عرضه المسرحي "تنفيسة".