Lebanese Electronic Duo Wake Island Pay Homage to 90s Arab Pop Divas in New Video for 'Last Ruins'

Philippe Manasseh and Nadim Maghzal, aka Lebanese electronic duo, Wake Island, have often pondered the issue of ‘identity’ in their artistic endeavors – and not just their own.

Their 2019 single, ‘Comme ça’, came with a video that featured members of Quebec's LGBTQ scene and they’ve reached out to out to a member of Lebanon’s own LGBTQ scene for the video for their latest release, ‘Last Ruins’. 

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Produced by Cold Cuts Magazine and directed by its editor-in-chief and creative director, Mohamad Abdouni, the video features Brooklyn-based Lebanese drag artist, Anya Kneez, and pays homage to the Arabic pop culture that Manasseh and Maghzal grew up with in the nineties – more specifically, the camp music videos that defined pop music throughout that decade, and the Arab divas that championed it.