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Who Needs Jumblat When You’ve Got…Mika ?
July 28, 2008 · Mustapha Hamoui
The “Lebanese born” star got his 15 minutes of fame and gave tens of thousands of Lebanese an outlet to reject politics.
Mika in Beirut (Reuters)
Eventually, someone’s going to take it upon himself to dig and find out to what sect Mica Penniman — a.k.a Mika — belongs to. If that person hits jackpot and find out that he belongs to his same sect, he will swiftly spread the fact via email to his/her coreligionists in a secret Lebanese ritual of tribal pride.
Other than that, Mika’s concert is that rare thing in Lebanese public life: A non political event that gives you an opportunity to ignore the fact that your country is falling apart. After all, why would you spend your night listening to politicians with multiple personality disorder if you can instead drink your night away and sing along:
Everybody’s gonna love today,Love today, love today.
Everybody’s gonna love today, Anyway you want to,
anyway you’ve got to, Love love me, love love me, love love.
Girl with a groove with the big bust on,Big bust on, big bust on.
Wait till your mother and your papa’s gone,Papa’s gone
Momma, momma papa, shock shock me,Shock shock me,
shock shock.
In Lebanon, oddly, those can come off as words of wisdom…