Episode 372: 'A Shining Star' with Matteo El Khodr, taped live at Aaliya's Books.

A conversation with actor and countertenor Matteo El Khodr.

Click to watch: https://youtu.be/4t_bYwpVVG4

Covering the role of artists in defending free expression, persevering as a performer despite all types of difficulties in Lebanon, and a unique voice that merges art with activism.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

3:58 An artist today

9:51 The beginning

13:35 Countertenor

19:18 "The most beautiful years of our lives"

29:04 Professional decision to return home

33:18 Decriminalization of homosexuality

36:18 Limited out of fear

43:39 Chicago Arabia

51:28 Lebanon being injured

55:31 Cosmopolitanism

1:07:25 Q&A