name: Manal Swairjo
country: USA
Monday, October 18, 1999
name: Rania Masri
country: USA (Lebanese Citizen)
comment: It would be a shame and a disgrace if the Lebanese court system were to prosecute Marcel Khalife, and it would be a shame if the Lebanese government allowed such a judgement to occur.
Monday, October 18, 1999
name: HH Prince Mohammed Bin Mitib Bin Talal
country: The Netherlands
comment: Marcel Khalife: is one of the icons of our time. He should be treated like a National Treasure, and not like a criminal. Those who has brought charges against him are not much more different from those who has committed genocide thought out mankind history.
Monday, October 18, 1999
name: hasnaa arabia
country: usa
comment: ya3teekun l3aafye! keep up the great work...
Monday, October 18, 1999
name: Gashmarah
country: Saudi Arabia
Monday, October 18, 1999
name: Maya Habib
country: Michigan, USA
comment: Marcel's songs represents the war generation that survived in the face of opression, he is the symbol of survival.
Monday, October 18, 1999
name: Richard M. Habib
country: United States
Monday, October 18, 1999
name: Fayek Tabet
country: Canada Ottawa, On.
comment: To understand the language of music, one should keep an open heart and an open mind... too bad that Marcel's beautiful message was taken in such a biased and narrow way!
Monday, October 18, 1999
name: Jad Tabet
country: Canada
comment: Accusing Such a popular hero is the crime not the singing.... I am all for you Amo Marcel... You know me well I was under a year old when we met with my Mom & Dad in Seatelle Washinton
Monday, October 18, 1999
name: Ilham Badreddine Mahfouz
country: U.S.A
comment: Beautiful music and lyrics, God Bless you , always be free to express yourself , and be proud of your art,you touched our hearts and minds. Best wishes: ilham
Monday, October 18, 1999
name: nijad georges mehanna
country: USA
comment: Guess what? i am playing that song right now. Marcel has been a long time rafeeq of ours. we have loved his music and carried us during the dark times. we value his nationalistic and pan-arab songs which really electrify our journey towards prosperity and peace in the middle east. his songs pumped our blood during the war and made us believe in our cause. even during peacetime, hsi songs still touch you deep down. we will support you marcel. united we stand. united we suffer. united we die.
Monday, October 18, 1999
name: Dana Tabet
country: Canada
comment: Amo Marcel I am a new Kidd on the block but let me say in your glorious voice & soft heart & all beautifull thing about you I am only bow of recepet to a man that gave to no end.... What can I say about thier envy they could not find any one to accuse being anti Islam other then you I guess this is were the samll minds & none existence of freedom can do.....Go & Don't worry your name your songs you are an exemplary person you never go away...
Monday, October 18, 1999
name: Druze Association of Ottawa
country: Ottawa, Canada
comment: We the Druze association condem such an accusation because Marcel Khalifeh is not a criminal he is an Artist with the art thier no cultrue & without challenge the culture vener progress I gusee we are aproching the Millenium & we should be looking forward not backward .....Dear Moufti we asked to have a heart we asked you to have the half heart of Marcel Khalife....Dear Moufti Please use you brain eliviate your self from the personel act on human god has never gave you or any one a power to judge them he is the ultimate judge & he is the one that make such a judgement.....In our opnion god will praise the kinds of Mr. Khalifeh & sure he recognize a good deed when he see it done....
Monday, October 18, 1999
name: Saad Rayes
country: Saudi Arabia
comment: Respect for all religions is a must. In many cases it is a very fine line to be disrespectful. Unfortunately this line is not the same for all people and that makes defining disgraceful in many cases to be intangible. In the case of Marseel Khalefe, I think that incriminating him by the laws of a country that considers being disrespectful of religions as a crime is not founded, simply because if he did not intend harm and defining his actions is disputable and hence intangible. He should be acquitted.
Monday, October 18, 1999
name: nahed abu taa
country: ramalla, palestine
comment: Keep the wonderfull work up, keep fighting for your great ideas which is the language that we use to express ourselves. give us more and more, you are our hopeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Monday, October 18, 1999
name: Yara El-Ghadban
country: Canada
comment: I am a musician and a palestinian refugee from Lebanon. Khalife is not only an inspiration as an artist but as a humanitarian. He sang for the forgotten, regardless of their religion or nationality. If arab countries fear that then they there is no hope for our peoples to be free of this political, economical, cultural and intellectual depression the whole region is suffering from.
Monday, October 18, 1999
name: Issa Sarras
country: Palestine
comment: Full solidarity with Marcel. Issa
Monday, October 18, 1999
name: Asala Karanicola
country: Cyprus
Monday, October 18, 1999
name: Nizar Sakhnini
country: Canada
comment: Pluralism, democracy, and freedom of speech made Lebanon an oasis of freedom within a desert of authoritarian regimes in the area. The case with its unfounded allegations against Marcel Khalife are rediculous and shameful. It is a flagrant violation of basic human rights and contradicts Beirut's role as the cultural capital of the Arab world and Lebanon's Image as an oasis of freedom.
Monday, October 18, 1999
name: Issam Nashashibi
country: USA
Monday, October 18, 1999
name: Mounir Zahr
country: U.S.A.
Monday, October 18, 1999
name: NADA EL-ALI
country: USA
Monday, October 18, 1999
name: Jacob T. Elias
country: Nanticoke, PA USA
comment: I believe in the freedom of press and expression and resent anyone trying to suppress those ideals. Marcel Khalife has presented a quotation from the Koran in a respectful manner and does not deserve to be excoriated for that.
Monday, October 18, 1999
name: Fuad Bajjali
country: Germany
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: RACHID ABUKASM
country: Canada
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Muna Qudah
country: Jordan
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Gamal El Sabbagh
country: Austria
comment: Marcel, You are the Man who fights for Freedom Arabhumanbeing. That because we are fighting with you.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Noga
country: Israel
comment: with hope for more freedom of expression and respect for human rights by both Lebanon and Israel
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Louay Bazzi
country: US
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Amal Dardass
country: Australia
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Mohammed B. Alwan
country: Tufts University
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Kevin Valenti
country: USA
comment: Mr. Khalife should not be prosecuted. Everyone should have freedom of speech.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: A. Haddad
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Marah Janineh
country: U.S.A.
comment: Please let me know if there is anything that needs to be done. You will have my full support
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Assaad Haddad
country: USA
comment: It is outrageous hearing this very disturbing news, about prosecuting Marcel Khalife, the finest, most sensetive Musician that the Arab World has ever known. Shame on those who think they have the power to do the unthinkable, to prosecute a God in the Art and Music World. This is humilation is directed not only to Marcel Kahlife but to the millions in the whole world that believed in his music.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Yosef Abuneaj
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Norma T. Nemeh
country: United States of America
comment: I fear the path that is taking over in the Arab world. We need to reflect back to the age in Arab history when we were the leaders in creative and artistic forms of expression, and encourage that creativity, not supress it.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Hania
country: Jordan
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Michael Jafar
country: USA
comment: It is a shame that an arab government should try to control and sensor the talents of its arab musicians. We should be promoting our people to be creative. God has given this man a gift that should be allowd to flourish.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Marvin Wingfield
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Shouki Kassis
country: USA
comment: Do you have plans to prosecute Mahmood Darweesh too? Although I consider myself secular, I have an emotional attachment to Islam as part of my culture. Yet, I consider these charges silly, to say the least
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Khalid Jiha
country: United States
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Layla
country: U.S.A.
comment: Marcel we support you and stand behind you... for you represent what truth should be
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Anwar Atrash
country: USA
comment: Don't take away the only breather we have in the Arab World. Mr. Khalifa and his band deserve the respect and the admiration of all arabs, not jail cells.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Reem Abu-Amara
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: I Musa
country: USA
comment: Stop this non sense. Khalifa is an arab treasure to be mistreated this way. His contributions thru his music has been uplifting for me and many people I know.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Eman Khraizat
country: United States
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: michael suleiman
country: u.s.a.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Henri Kalajian
country: New York
comment: Please release, this is not fair
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Shari Deiana
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Rafat Ishaq
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Janet Becigneul
country: Canada
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: lina abirafeh
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Ziad Al-Jazairi
country: USA
comment: The individuals behind the legal action against this artist ought to be scrutinized as to their motivations and where they stand on secetarianism. Lebanese government officials need to be picked from amongst individuals having respect for individual expression. (Neither the song, its verses nor its overall message are insulting to a sensitive Moslem. Perhaps the "political agenda" and intentions of the individuals shouting "blasphemy" should become in question - and their resignations from "officialdom" sought).
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Dina Hubballah
country: U.S.A
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Hatem Galal
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Ihab Makhlouf
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Joseph Khoury
country: Canada
comment: As a Lebanese who has prided himself on the freedoms that my home country has historically upheld, I am shocked at this abysmal act. Please remember your past.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: nadia and farid farah
country: canada
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: fida adely
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Veronica Pugh-Ramadan
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Saade Nuwayhid
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: shabbir salim nakhuda
country: india
comment: assalamu alaikum
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Burhan Ghanayem
country: USA
comment: Shame on you. Your actions are a violation of the freedom of thought and expression. Let people think and excell, don not restrict people.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Hanan Hammoud
country: Canada
comment: What the hell did he say that upset them?? I don't see anything wrong in his words. Instead, there is nothing but truth in them. God have merci!
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Chibli Mallat
country: Lebanon
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Mohamad Fadhil Al-Kazily
country: USA
comment: These charges are rather stupid and should be droped.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: nouha sinnno
country: USA California
comment: To whom it might concern .I am as a human being and as an artist, deeply hurt by Marcel Khalifeh persecution .
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Mohammad A. Adra
country: USA
comment: We are all Marcel Khalife. He epitomizes our collective will to resist. We shall resist them. They can never touch him. His music will always live. Let us celebrate his contribution and denounce their false accusations. Let us sing for joy!
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Sandra Frantzen
country: United States
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Rita Salibi
country: Canada
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Salah El-Hihi
country: Canada
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Issa Boulos
country: USA
comment: Let The Sounds Be Free
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: samia noursi
country: USA
comment: Please drop all charges against Marcel. We are surprised that the government of Lebanon will do such a thing. We love Marcel - he is our voice of freedom.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Jennifer Gulbrandson
country: United States
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Hertha L. Poje
country: USA
comment: I have long enjoyed the music of Mr. Khalife and I am appalled at this misguided decision by the Lebanese authorities. I wholeheartedly join in this petition and I hope that the importance of freedom of expression will be recognized.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Ghassan Bishara
country: USA
comment: Let Marcel do what he is so very good at, and wish that every Arab will be as good at what they do, as Marcel is.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Mahmoud Houalla
country: USA
comment: Marcell is a better muslim than a lot of the so called muslims.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Kamel
country: Paris-France
comment: we strongly support your petition in favor of Marcel khalife. We actually wrote an article about the issue in our magazine AlHadath to come out by the end of the month. Freedom of expression should always be defended.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Ahmad Hamad
country: Palestine/Jordan/Britain
comment: It is strange, that every thing in this Arabic countries ok. excepte this song.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Dr Mamoon & Samar Jarrah
country: USA
comment: Is this how the Arabs are planing to start the 21 century? By going backward in time, law and vision.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Ali Abunimah
country: USA
comment: Let Lebanon be an example of the best of what the Arab world can be, not the worst and most unenlightened.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Maher Souhabi
country: Canada
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Wayne Haider
country: Palestine
comment: I am shocked to see Lebanon - the country that has long prided itself as a haven for artists and intellectuals - embark on prosecuting one of its best artists Marcel Khalife. This is Sad.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Mustapha R.
country: Canada
comment: It is a shame to rise this issue in the country that has relatively better than any other Arab country the freedom of speech.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Ali Abunimah
country: USA
comment: Let Lebanon be an example of the best of what the Arab world can be, not the worst and most unenlightened.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: selim hammoud
country: USA
comment: That is outragous
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Saed Salhieh
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Michele Homsi
country: Canada
comment: All the best!
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Amal AbuAbeid
country: United States
comment: I would like to order several of Marcels CDs. Please advise me on the procedure. Thanks.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Ted Swedenburg
country: usa
comment: thank you for doing this!
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: ismail monzer
country: Canada
comment: I attended a concert of Marcel's several years ago here in Canada. Until then, I thought modern music from Lebanon was baseless - certainly not dealing with real issues that ordinary people face. He was and is an inspiration.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: kareem talhouni
country: usa
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Diana Takieddine
country: Rockville, MD USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Ferial Polhill
country: Alexandria, VA USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Maher D. Abu-Hamdan
country: USA
comment: All I have to say is that my Lebanon is a country of tolerance. My country does not need any more intolerance, we as Lebanese already had enough intolerance during the civil war.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Imad Hamad
country: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Nabil Mohamad
country: Washington, DC USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Hussein Ibish
country: Washington DC, USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Eman El-Shareif
country: Washington, DC, USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Amr Al-Hindi
country: Washington DC, USA
comment: Lebanon should continue to be a haven for artisits and free thinkers.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: adele colantuono
country: usa
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: adele colantuono
country: usa
comment: My position in support of Marcel Khalife is based on two elements: the basic and fundamental right to freedom of speech without fear of persecution. secondly, his songs have been a source of inspiration to millions in the middle east who have struggled long and hard against oppression. Even if you dare to continue this persecution, his music will still be listened to and cherished by millions who hope for a better and more just future.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Taisir J Eadeh
country: United States of America
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Suhail Zidan
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Neveen Salem
country: New York, USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Issam H. Andoni
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: DINA CLEMENTSON
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Miyada M. Musharbash
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Joslyne Hanna
country: United States
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Kamal F Badr
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Carol Khawly
country: Arlington, VA, USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: George Salameh
country: Nicaragua - Managua
comment: Me parece increible e irracional que aun, estando despidiendo el siglo XX para entrar al siglo XXI, en el Mundo Arabe se pretende continuar violando los derechos mas fundamentales del hombre. Es responsabilidad de todos los intelectuales del mundo arabe defender los derechos de todos los ciudadanos arabes a partir de una plataforma de un compromiso serio, combativo y orgasnizado, con los mismos principios de libertad y democracia.El mundo camina hacia delante, mientras el mundo arabe con su regimen politico arcaico insiste en mantener al pueblo arabe en el estado de subdesarrollo y persiste en prohibir al ciudadano de sentirse libre manteniendole constantemente bajo el yugo de la represion. Hasta cuando hermano arabe continuaras con el silencio mastigando y digeriendo tus dolores y sufrimientos. Es un llamado a todos los intelectuales arabes para unir sus filas y alzar la voz en defensa de sus derechos y los derechos de todos los ciudadanos, en sus tres vertientes mas importantes: derechos politicos, civiles y juridicos. Es hora de tocar las campanas. Libertad al arte y a los artistas... libertad a todos los detenidos politicos en todo el mundo arabe...Basta ya de persecucion y represion!!!
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Mohammad Kishawi
country: United States Of America
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Sacha Fontaine
country: Canada
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: MALEK SAAD
country: USA
comment: I HOPE THAT I LIVE TO SEE A TIME WHERE THE JUDICAL SYSTEM IN LEBANON ISNT AFFECTED BY SFAIR, QABANI ,OR ANY OTHER RELIGIOUS LEADER OR POLITICIAN. DIDNT WE LEARN ANYTHING AFTER 20 YEARS OF WAR.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Rabih Zbib
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: jean-claude kalache
country: U.S.A
comment: What a shame!!!!
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Iskandar Mansour
country: U.S.A
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Bassam Kassab, M.I.T.
country: Lebanon, U.S.A.
comment: As a representative of many Lebanese students in Boston area, I hope the government will drop all the charges against Mr. Khalife.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: mohamad abbouchi
country: U.S.A.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Houeida Saad
country: Washington, DC USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Fred Nureddine
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Khaled A. Hadi
country: USA
comment: Marcel is our beloved. Going after this patriot is a sham
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Rouba El-Ali
country: USA
comment: I think it is a shame that one can longer expresses his/her feelings and/or thoughts without being prosecuted!
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Haisam Ido
country: Washington, DC USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Qassim Al-Wazir
country: Potomac, MD USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Yusif Farsakh
country: Washington, DC USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: George Khadder
country: San Jose, CA USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Ghada Khouri
country: Falls Church, VA USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Waleed Saade
country: Westminster, CA USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Sami Shehadeh
country: Washington DC USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Firas Al-Hindi
country: Washington, DC USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Talal Saade
country: Westminster, CA USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Hanny Megally
country: USA
comment: The right to freedom of expression protects everyone, including musicians and artists. Lebanese law is being used to brand as a criminal one of the leading Arab singers. These proceedings should be dropped and this case should be closed.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: norma hanna
country: usa
comment: you have my full support
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Jamal Kanj
country: US
comment: Marcel is a great singer who was able to transcend the tools of division in our societies. We all take pride of Marcel's songs, voice and his commitment to the poor and helppless. Leave him alone!
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Nader Abuljebain
country: Laguna Niguel, CA USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Michel Shehadeh
country: Garden Grove, CA USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Karime Naim Saade
country: Westminster, CA USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Raouf Saade
country: Westminster, CA USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Lara Akl
country: Huntington Beach, CA USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Nuha El-Shareif
country: London, Canada
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Sami Aby Ghannam
country: Washington, DC USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Bassam Nasser
country: PALESTINE
comment: My dear Marcel, I grow up with your lovely songs for my lovely home "Palestine". All of my life i said that your songs are the same as our guns and Kalachnekof. Please DON'T GIVE UP. WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU. Please keep your voice strong as it is always. Again with love from Gaza of Palestine.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Ramzi Nahas
country: USA
comment: It amazes me that Lebanon does not have in place a Bill of Rights guaranteeing all Human Beings in Lebanon the right to live, breath and express themselves without the fear of persecution and prosecution. By promoting the accusation, the government and the clerics are attempting to stifle the healthy discourse that art brings to a society. Twenty years of war have taught us nothing! While the rest of the World moves into the future, Lebanon chooses to run back into the dark ages.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Rebecca Brown
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Suha Sleibi
country: California
comment: wal wal wal.. sijen marra wa7deh!!!! Marcel Khalifa bieng in jail is ridiculous a sign of backwardness let alone if he got accused that would be a tragedy and disastor to the Arab world!!!?? Any reasaonable person can't help but wonder where is our arabic world going to. The penal code that the Lebanese government is citing should be applied across the border=1 to anyone who violates it if indeed they do. What about all the rest of the singers that violated it?? did they get prosecuted????? For god's sake grow up arabs!! We are trying to dismay stereotypes about us in the World and the U.S. and the very people who affirm the stereoptype everytime without fail are sadly arabs. Grow up! Do not prosecute your precious valuables. Marcel is truely one of your assets.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Karen Bauer
country: USA
comment: Thank you for making this petition! I hope it works!
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Joseph Najjar
country: United States of America
comment: When will the Arab Countries learn what Human Rights and Freedom of Speech means???? Why do we have to link everything to Religion, what happened to composition and poetry??. Ana Yusuf too, so do I defame Islam?? Sing Marcel Sing.....
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Elias Maroun
country: USA
comment: I believe that the charges against Marcel Khalife are a flagrant violation of intellectual freedoms which should be guaranteed to artists in all countries....
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Adnan Derbas
country: Lebanon
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Nabila E. Martino
country: U.S.A.
comment: Marcel Khalife is a hero who has devoted his life and his artistic talent in support of the oppressed. He deserves the highest accolades rather than this sort of persecution. His songs lit a flame in the darkness. His words are a bridge to a victorious future for the Palestinian people.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Lawrence Austin
country: USA
comment: I am a friend of the Arab and Palestinian people. This kind of prosecution makes it more difficult to argue the cause of Islamic Arabs in the U.S. and it makes Lebanon look more like Turkey than itself.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Ammar Samman
country: USA
comment: I fully support Marcel Khalife, and feel all of these accusations against him are false. I'm very disapponted to the way that the Lebanesegovermenet is handling this issue.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Lisa Chabarek
country: USA
comment: In support of Marcel Khalife I am signing this petition.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Dr. Ara Tekian
country: U.S.A.
comment: I strongly endorse the above petition and demand from the Lebanese Government to drop all charges against singer and composer Marcel Khalife.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Jafar Jafari
country: US
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
country: U.S.A.
name: Dina Ra'ad
comment: Out of all the people I might ever have tried to imagine being attacked or brought to "justice," Marcel Khalifeh would be the last. This man has devoted his life to inspiring patriotism and solidarity among all Arabs. He deffinitely doesn't deserve this. But, I guess, as the Arabic saying goes: "hatha jaza'u Sinnimar!" (This is Sinnimar's punishment - for being an outstanding person). I hope Marcel realizes that he has many supporters and admireres. And I hope he continues to share his talent and inspire people of all generations.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: ahmed
country: kuwait
comment: i will tell you seem what qaseem haddad told you are yusif take and take care they are your brother
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Emad Salim
country: USA
comment: Marcel has been the one of the very few lights that shined in the darkness of the civil war in Lebanon. To accuse him and prosecute him for singing what is in his soul is a crime against all religions including Islam. As an American of Lebanese descent , I am embarrassed and ashamed that sauch a thing is taking place in the sacred land where I was born. Let marcel sing so freedom can gain another hero.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Ahmad El Ghamrawy
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Kaissar Saade
country: Huntington Beach, CA USA
comment: I urge you to stop the persecution of all that is beautiful in a time of desperation. We will not emerge from our ashes without it.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Claudine Halabi
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Sabri Khayat
country: Canada
comment: N'assassinez pas ce qui reste de beau au Liban
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Mona Srouji
country: Palestine
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Maysoon Al-Nahar
country: Jordan
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Ghassan Haider
country: Saudi Arabia
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Mari Aljazara
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: ibrihim wahbieh
country: israel palestine
comment: we love marcel even if he composed the kora'n
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Imad Atallah
country: Lebanon/USA
comment: Lebanon is about the freedom of speech. It is the responsibility of the civil society, the parliament and the government to guarrantee such inalienable rights, and to prevent Muslim and Christian fanatical leaders from sensoring every individual's freedom of speech and belief, even if that freedom includes the right to be an atheist.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Mary Habib
country: USA
comment: Marcel is an icon of nationalism in the Arab World. His songs have inspired those who have given their lives for the just causes of the people of Palestine and Lebanon for over two decades. This is not only an attack against liberty and freedom of expression but against all unifying and progressive forces in our region. Our battle is with the Israeli occupiers but instead someone deems it fit to distract our attention and efforts by directing their fervor againt Khalifa. What a shame!
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Mariam Al-Askari
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Laura Pearl
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Nada Naseri
country: U.S.A.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Samir Moukaddam
country: USA
comment: SHAME ON THE LEBANESE JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES!!!!! Keep your hands off our freedom of expression in Lebanon - a freedom that we, as Lebanese, should be proud of. Marcel should be honored a Lebanese and Arab hero!!
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Mollie Driscoll
country: The United States of America
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Ken Giles
country: U.S.A.
comment: Freedom of speech is precious and must be upheld.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Bachir Aboul Hosn
country: Canada\Ontario\Toronto
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Najwa Jardali
country: US
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Rima A. Bensrieti
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Raja Khouri
country: Toronto, Canada
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: sammy harik
country: canada
comment: I support MARCEL KHALIFEH and I condamned thelebanese judicial authorities for their stupid charges.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Pauline Bitar
comment: Everyone in the world should be able to freely practice their art without feeling persecuted or feeling they have to constantly defend their talent.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Eileen Shihadeh
country: U.S.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Azzam Alwash
country: Long BEach, CA USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Yusef Mufdi
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Jamillah Mufdi
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Bennie Mufdi
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: George Mufdi
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Munira Mosbah -Poet
country: United States
comment: I was sadened by the news of Marcel's indictment and i support every effort to bring these vicious charges down.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Noel Damouni
country: United States of America
comment: The goverment should be occupied in prosecuting those who really contributed to the distruction of Lebanon, rather than prosecuting a man that contributed to this society.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Dima Qumsieh
country: Canada
comment: I would like to express my outrage at the unjust prosecution of a most talented and committed artist who has, thusfar, been an unflinching supporter of his country, of the Palestinian people, and of the arabic world as a whole. We love you Marcel.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: suzanne karajaberlian
country: united states
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Shadi Qashoa
country: USA
comment: Drop the charges NOW
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Nadia Hijab
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Osama Abusitta
country: USA
comment: This tactic is being employed in Kuwait against Al-Baghdadi and was used earlier in Egypt against a university professor. A few centuries ago Galileo was subjected to similar accusations. Where is the Arab World Heading? Backwards.
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Asdghig Karajayerlian
country: Lebanon
comment: Everybody should have the right to express his/her opinion, beliefs, and views. We are approaching the 21st century, People...why still act like the Dark Ages? Plus, are we a free democratic country where freedom of speech is commended or what? Let's either act like one or else right ahead declare (and enlighten the people) that we are no better than 'Communists'! Thank You
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: Paul Noursi
country: USA
Tuesday, October 19, 1999
name: abdulhakem ahmed
country: United States of America
comment: Freedom of speech is the most valuable act that people must have and no one shall take it as long as it does not mean harm to any one person or relgion .
