name: Riham Barghouti
country: Palestine
comment: From so much destruction comes good. It is a shame that a catastrophy such as this needed to happen in order for progressive Arabs to unite to demand something better for our future. So long as people are willing to demand their rights to freedom and justice then there is hope and when there is hope there will be progress. Marcel thank you for uniting us, and using your talent to contribute to our development as a society and as a people. I would also like to thank the developers of this website for there efforts. Marcel your songs and music have always been an inspiration and I am sure your right to express yourself will be supported by anyone who truly believes in humanity. Yours, Riham
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: Khalil Sawalha
country: Amman Jordan
comment: The trial of Marcel Khalife is the the trial of all those who believe in freedom of thought and expression. The right of freedom of thought is fundamental to any one who whishes to live with dignity. No single individual or authority should be allowed to take this right from any of us. This trial is a test case, it is going to show whether we stand for freedom and progress or enslavement of the mind and decadence.
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: sacha rouhana
country: lebanon
comment: WE ALL WITH YOU MARCEL....
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: Zaher Rishmawi
country: UAE
comment: I won't get into the issue of civil rights. Nor the issue of freedom of expression. This is a strictly personal issue for me. I have know Marcel since i was a young kid, both musically and personally. And anyone who knows Marcel, or even remotely heard of him, knows that he is beyond doubt. What he has given the Palestinian and Lebanese people in particular, is infinite. I just found out about this site, and from the comments i read, i think all can be summarized in one sentence: "We are ALL Yousef; We are ALL Marcel Khalife"
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: Issa Elias Rishmawi
country: UAE
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: Bisan Hijaz
country: Palestine
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: Osama Abihana
country: Dearborn, Michigan U.S.A
comment: God bless you Marcele Khalife. You don't deserve this. You are much bigger than all of those neo-isolationists who are threatened by a your singing.
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: Professor Maher Mualla
country: U.S.A
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: Hanan hamal Qutteineh
country: Palestine
comment: I'm with you , you are the only real voice and soul that we still have in our world, don't let them do anything to you marcel you are the people and no one can do anything to people
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: Edriss S. Titi
country: USA
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: Naser Barghouti
country: New York, USA
comment: With love, respect and admiration, I raise my voice with the thousands of outraged decent people who are standing in support of Marcel Khalife. It is to the discredit to the forces of darkness and ignorance that they have chosen such a popular target for their terror campaign against art and beauty. I am sorry to say if the Lebanese government finds it useful and opportune to charge someone of the stature of Marcel Khalife with blasphemy then that government does not deserve to rule over a country of Gibran, the Rahabanis, Fairuz, and all the other luminaries of Arab culture it has produced. Shame on the Lebanese government and the Mufti of Lebanon. I am confident that the love of art and everything beautifulwill prevail.
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: Mary Jo AbiNader
country: USA
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: Halim Khater
country: Canada
comment: Freedom of expression = free Lebanon
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: Salam Chaaban
country: USA
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: Obour Hashash
comment: We R with You Marcel Khaliefa
country: Palestine/Ramallah
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: majdi dana
country: Palestine
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: Ilona Hazboun
country: Bethlehem, Palestine
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: Ilona Hazboun
country: Bethlehem, Palestine
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: Nazih Darwish
country: Lebanon
comment: What can I say?It is our Inferior Arabic Age... It is the shame stifle us.. All of Us must stand up and defense, cause "al ati aazam!!" I build my own page of support of Marcel at: www.amadeusnow.com before i found this great page. Thank you cause it's nice to find people has the initiative..
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: mike boulivier
country: pennsylvania, USA
comment: i wish him the best, i like his songs
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: Ann Weber-Khalif
country: usa- ann arbor, michigan
comment: i am interested in ordering some of marcel khalife's music. where can i order it from?
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: anne zayd
country: usa
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: Lana El-Khalil
country: New York - USA
comment: I stand back and look at my nation in the midst of all its turmoil and it kills me to see what I see. When Israel is eating away at our and, and our people - when international hegemony threatens to destroy our heritage and our solidarity - when there are so little rich and too many poor, or displaced - IN THE MIDST OF ALL THIS HOW CAN ANYONE STILL FIND THE TIME TO BICKER OVER SOMETHING SO FOOLISHLY INSIGNIFICANT?? Religious fanaticism destroyed us for 16 years, and Israel prospered, religious fanaticism is doing is again, and Israel will AGAIN prosper. I hope one day these little boys will find something more to do with their time then waste the energy of fighters like Marcel and the Lebanese poulace. Aybee-shoom Alaykoon. Solidarity
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: Mickey El-wafwaf
country: Lebanon
comment: I cannot but shake my head with utter dismay. It's ok, let these little boys play with their meaningless words, let them create dramas and court trials...it makes them feel powerful. But there are REAL problems to face - REAL issues to deal with, the likes of which artists such as Marcel bring to light. I hope one day these little boys who call themselves righteous will grow up.
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: Dr Bassam Dally
country: Australia
comment: I'm very angry and disgusted of the political terrorism against a very nobel and honest artist. I was raised on Marcile's songs and I support him all the way.
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: JoMarie Fecci
country: united states of america
comment: i am saddened that Lebanon, a country that has largely shown tolerance and openness across religious sects, is prosecuting an artist who used his freedom of expression to support the struggle of the people of Lebanon and Palestine--especially as no one could say that his use of this Koranic phrase was in anyway derogatory or insulting.
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: G.E. Damouni
country: USA
comment: we strongly support the lebanese (arab) artist Marcel Khalifeh
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: Saber Elaydi
country: USA
Monday, November 01, 1999
name: Zahi Chihab
country: USA
comment: There is a lot of support for Marcel amongst both Lebanese and Arab expatriates in his fight for freedom of expression. We're disgusted and scared of the direction our beloved Lebanon is taking under the pressure of extremest bullies and bureaucratic puppets. Please save our country.
Tuesday, November 02, 1999
name: Hadi Habib
country: USA
comment: It's really sad to say, but the term "FREEDOM" has to be redefined for a lot people in Lebanon and the Arab World. I hope what we're doing will help FREE Marcel Khalife and US! God bless...
Tuesday, November 02, 1999
name: Frances Kearfott
country: United States
comment: Free thinkers are prosecuted because they have the power to change things, and the world is afraid of change.
Tuesday, November 02, 1999
name: Ayman Haykal
country: Syria
comment: The voice of freedom is louder than that of agnorance
Tuesday, November 02, 1999
name: leah
country: U.S.
comment: you should free that man, because he didn't do anything wrong, and he didn't even write the lyrics.
Tuesday, November 02, 1999
name: Nadia Hamdi
country: Amman, Jordan
comment: Pity the nation whose statesman is a fox, whose philosopher is a juggler, and whose art is the art of patching and mimicking.
Tuesday, November 02, 1999
name: Omar Barghouti
country: Palestine
comment: Marcel,
Like "Ahmad Al-Arabi", you chose to resist, to besiege their
siege, and above all to march on. It is too early to judge,
but I believe that the sudden wave of refreshing
activism that errupted all over the Arab World in solidarity
with you (with ourselves too), shall announce the true
judgment of the people, and shall help spark a flame of
freedom and civil rights that cannot be easily extinguished.
It is true we Arabs at this stage have developed an
addiction to defeat, silence, complacency and lack of
self-esteem or self-confidence, but a plight as just as
yours could very well be the long-awaited prelude to a
new spirit of defiance, self-assertion and struggle
for freedom and democracy, not that imported from
abroad, but the one that we ourselves carve out of
our long proud history, our turbulent present and all
our aspirations and hard work for a better future.
Like the olive trees of Palestine, your roots are too
deep to be easily removed, and your omnipresence too
strong to be silenced. Salute from Palestine.
Tuesday, November 02, 1999
name: Sawsan WARDANI
country: Lebanon
comment: The rights of any artist must be reserved, especially Marcel Khalife, because he's the voice of the revolution and the people
Tuesday, November 02, 1999
name: rami meo
country: Australia
comment: I stronly support the petition and good luck for our hero
Tuesday, November 02, 1999
name: Rula Jumblat
country: Bahrain
comment: Our country is doomed...That is all I can say...
Tuesday, November 02, 1999
name: James Robinson
country: UK
Tuesday, November 02, 1999
name: Faten Nassif
country: USA
Tuesday, November 02, 1999
name: Walid Hajj-Ahmad
country: United States
Tuesday, November 02, 1999
name: alia rayyan
country: germany
Tuesday, November 02, 1999
name: Michael Nattenberg
country: USA
comment: Please drop all prosecution of Marcel Khalife.
Tuesday, November 02, 1999
name: Nadine
country: Lebanon
comment: It is shame to hear that in Lebanon we still have such ignorance - We must respect other people's opinions more then that
Tuesday, November 02, 1999
name: bashar yasin
country: Palestine
comment: we are in palestine support our freind Marcel against Lebanese judicial authorities
Tuesday, November 02, 1999
name: Betty Darseh
country: Toronto-Canada
comment: Marcel, we are with you all the way. Justice will be served . This is not your trial alone
Tuesday, November 02, 1999
name: Bernardo S. Doganiero
country: U.S.A.
comment: Freedom is an ever expanding human activity. To the degree that freedom expands in any nation it will reflect the progress and happiness of its people. The Liberty Bell proclaims freedom throughout the land. When will they ever learn!!
Tuesday, November 02, 1999
name: mohammad abu jameel
country: palestine
Tuesday, November 02, 1999
name: Arjan El Fassed
country: Holland
Tuesday, November 02, 1999
name: Rima I Anabtawi
country: USA
Tuesday, November 02, 1999
name: Henrik Lunden
country: Norway
comment: It is a short step from farce to tragedy. This is a ridiculus and dangerous move that ought to be stopped..
Tuesday, November 02, 1999
name: wassam el khoury
country: lebanon
