evidence: In August, Lebanese Culture Minister, Mohammad Mortada announced that the movie ‘Barbie‘ would be banned from cinemas, claiming its promotion of homosexuality conflicts with religious beliefs. Although the ban did not pass, the Minister further made a series of tweets where he presented LGBTQ+ community as a hazard to society and proposed a law to prohibit what is seen as "sexual deviancy," including homosexuality and gender transitioning. [...] Algeria and Kuwait have also banned the movie Barbie with the latter saying that the film promotes "ideas and beliefs that are alien to the Kuwaiti society and public order."