Saint Levant on stage at the Batroun Festival on July 25, 2025. Photo courtesy of the Batroun Festival.
Franco-Palestinian musician and singer-songwriter Saint Levant (Marwan Abdelhamid) knows how to capture a moment. He has mastered the art of embodying major causes — whether or not he fully subscribes to them — to expand his reach. 'He knows his audience: digitally savvy, mostly young women attuned to identity narratives and raw emotion. It’s a generation shaped by social media, where the symbolism of a Palestinian clementine becomes a filtered orange peel, and historical knowledge comes in fragments on TikTok or Snapchat, while books gather dust on the shelves.Saint Levant speaks directly to this audience — like he did Saturday night at Batroun’s old port during the coastal city’s festival. More than 3,000 attendees, including Lebanese, Palestinians and Arabs from across the region, gathered with kuffiyehs, watermelon and red pepper...
Franco-Palestinian musician and singer-songwriter Saint Levant (Marwan Abdelhamid) knows how to capture a moment. He has mastered the art of embodying major causes — whether or not he fully subscribes to them — to expand his reach. 'He knows his audience: digitally savvy, mostly young women attuned to identity narratives and raw emotion. It’s a generation shaped by social media, where the symbolism of a Palestinian clementine becomes a filtered orange peel, and historical knowledge comes in fragments on TikTok or Snapchat, while books gather dust on the shelves.Saint Levant speaks directly to this audience — like he did Saturday night at Batroun’s old port during the coastal city’s festival. More than 3,000 attendees, including Lebanese, Palestinians and Arabs from across the region, gathered with kuffiyehs, watermelon...
