Ali Barakat
Lebanese singer
Ali Barakat (born 1980) is a Lebanese singer known for his support of Hezbollah, a Shia Islamist political party and paramilitary group in Lebanon.
Biography
Barakat is the son of Mohammed Barakhat. He is from Southern Lebanon, and his career began in 1997 at age 17 with songs resisting Israel's occupation of the region during the South Lebanon conflict.
Known for his pro-Hezbollah stance, Barakat rose to prominence in 2013 during Hezbollah's involvement in the Syrian civil war, with his music videos receiving hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube. He identifies as a supporter, though not a member, of Hezbollah.
In April 2014, Lebanese authorities issued a summons for Barakat, saying that his songs "harm Lebanon's relations" with Arab countries. One of Barakat's songs called Saudi Arabia, a major supporter of rebel groups in the Syrian civil war, a "terrorist". Barakat was detained in November of that year in the city of Nabatieh.
Lebanese prime minister Hassan Diab received Barakat at the Grand Serail in July 2020. Following the meeting, Barakat quoted Diab as saying that he had entered into a "direct confrontation with the U.S. ambassador Dorothy Shea".
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