Editing Drag queen (section)

===Lebanon===
Lebanon is the only country in the Arab world with an increasingly visible drag scene.<ref>{{cite news |title='I don't want to hide myself': The drag queen standing up to Lebanon's LGBTIQ+ crackdown |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/dateline/article/the-drag-queen-standing-up-to-lebanons-lgbtiq-crackdown/tptzwxs6v |access-date=30 January 2024 |issue=8 June 2023 |publisher=SBS News}}</ref> Drag culture has existed in Lebanon for several decades but gained popularity with the astronomical rise of [[Bassem Feghali]], who came to prominence in the 1990s, becoming a household name for his impersonation of Lebanese female singers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Frakes |first1=Nicholas |title=It's off to the races in Lebanon, in drag |url=https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2019/09/the-unique-identity-of-lebanons-drag-scene.html |access-date=30 January 2024 |publisher=Al Monitor |date=30 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Meet the Pop Icons who Inspired Generations of Arab Queens |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/10/20/arts/arab-drag-pop-icons.html |access-date=30 January 2024 |date=20 October 2022 |last1=O'Neill |first1=Shane }}</ref> Due to the global success of [[Rupaul's Drag Race]], Beirut's drag scene has adopted various influences that blend American drag culture with local, unique cultural elements.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Louisa Loveluck, Ghalia al-Alwani |title=Beirut's fearless drag queens defy Middle Eastern conservatism |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/beiruts-fearless-drag-queens-belie-middle-eastern-conservatism/2019/01/26/2a7abcd4-ffb7-11e8-a17e-162b712e8fc2_story.html |access-date=30 January 2024 |agency=The Washington Post |date=28 January 2019}}</ref> The drag scene has grown so much that in 2019 ''Vogue'' magazine declared it a drag-aissance.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Satenstein |first1=Liana |title=Inside Beirut's Bright and Beautiful Drag-aissance |url=https://www.vogue.com/vogueworld/article/beirut-drag-queen-anya-kneez-latiza-bomba-zuhal-global-100 |access-date=30 January 2024 |publisher=Vogue |date=5 February 2019}}</ref>