{"id":86637,"date":"2024-07-28T17:54:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T13:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/?p=86637"},"modified":"2024-07-28T17:54:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T13:54:28","slug":"the-paris-olympics-opening-ceremony-received-divided-opinions-in-the-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/community\/the-paris-olympics-opening-ceremony-received-divided-opinions-in-the-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"The Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Received Divided Opinions In The UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Olympics have begun and the world is watching the competition unfold. Spirits are high and everyone is excited to watch greatness! What wasn&#8217;t great was the opening ceremony. This performance got more than just raised eyebrows; it received major backlash.<\/p>\n<p>People were quick to share their opinions online of the unexpected performance. So why were people upset? Well, the opening ceremony was performed by many different people including drag queens and transgender people. Everything from the costumes, down to the dances, people criticised it all.<\/p>\n<h2>The Olympics opening ceremony was considered blasphemous due to its <span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">resemblance<\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> to Leonardo da Vinci\u2019s depiction of the <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">\u2018Last Supper&#8217;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Following the <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">backlash<\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">, the Olympic Games ceremony video was <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">deleted. The news was shared by an Emirati citizen who despised the performance like millions of others.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\">\u0628\u0639\u062f \u0627\u0646\u062a\u0642\u0627\u062f\u0627\u062a \u0634\u062f\u064a\u062f\u0629 \u0648\u0648\u0627\u0633\u0639\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0637\u0627\u0642 \u062d\u0630\u0641 \u0641\u064a\u062f\u064a\u0648 \u062d\u0641\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0648\u0644\u0645\u0628\u064a\u0629. \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0646\u0633\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u062a\u0646\u062a\u0635\u0631 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZQwa2Ollfc\">pic.twitter.com\/ZQwa2Ollfc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u062d\u0628\u064a\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0644\u0627 (@DrHabibAlMulla) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrHabibAlMulla\/status\/1817447909564022886?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Some were able to <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">appreciate<\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> France\u2019s modernism and <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">freedom<\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> of expression that was depicted in the opening ceremony<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\">\u0642\u062f \u062a\u0643\u0648\u0646 \u0647\u0630\u0647 \u0645\u0634\u0627\u0647\u062f \u0645\u0642\u0631\u0641\u0629 \u0644\u0630\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0639\u0636 \u0644\u0643\u0646 \u062d\u0641\u0644 \u0627\u0641\u062a\u062a\u0627\u062d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B32024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0623\u0648\u0644\u0645\u0628\u064a\u0627\u062f_\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a\u06332024<\/a> \u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a \u0627\u0633\u062a\u0645\u0631 3 \u0633\u0627\u0639\u0627\u062a \u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u062f\u0647\u0634\u0627 \u0648\u0631\u0627\u0626\u0639\u0627 \u0648\u0628\u062f\u064a\u0639\u0627 \u0648\u0631\u0643\u0632 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0642\u064a\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u062f\u0627\u0644\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u0627\u0648\u0627\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0648\u0629 \u0648\u0647\u064a \u0645\u0646 \u0645\u0635\u0627\u062f\u0631 \u062d\u064a\u0648\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062c\u062a\u0645\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u0631\u0646\u0633\u064a \u0648\u0645\u0635\u062f\u0631 \u062a\u0641\u0648\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0645\u0648\u0630\u062c \u0627\u0644\u0644\u064a\u0628\u0631\u0627\u0644\u064a \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062d\u062f\u0627\u062b\u064a \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u063a\u0631\u0628 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u064a \u0646\u0645\u0648\u0630\u062c \u0641\u0643\u0631\u064a \u0639\u0627\u0644\u0642 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0636\u064a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fFBtliM4kS\">pic.twitter.com\/fFBtliM4kS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Abdulkhaleq Abdulla (@Abdulkhaleq_UAE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Abdulkhaleq_UAE\/status\/1817247319517180163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">While others believed the performance was <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">blasphemous<\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"> and absurd<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 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