Your publication (27/6/2022) monitored the interaction with the artist's widespread video clip, and the tag bearing the name "Ragheb Alama", where the tweeters were divided between his supporters and others who see in his statements a derogation and insult to his mother country, Lebanon.
In the video, Ragheb Alama said after being asked about the validity of his obtaining Emirati citizenship;
He is proud of the Emirati passport, and that his president is Mohammed bin Zayed, and that he lives in a city whose ruler is an ambitious person like Mohammed bin Rashid. The Lebanese artist also criticized the ruling class in Lebanon.
Commenting on the video, Joe Franjieh accused Ragheb Alama of a coup against Lebanon. He tweeted, "Fayrouz, Sabah, Wadih Al-Safi and Melhem Barakat lived the war, the collapse and the destruction of Lebanon. They sang for Lebanon and were the sweet image of it. Ragheb Alama was one of the artists who benefited from the Lebanese system and its leaders, when it collapsed." flipped."
On the other hand, Hala Haddad believes that Ragheb has the right to choose his nationality as he has the right to choose his songs, so she wrote, "Why is this violent campaign against the owner of romantic songs, Ragheb Alama? From the other: Ragheb and others have the right to choose his nationality and his passport as he chooses his songs."