Lebanese diva Fairuz performs at Lebanon's new state-of-art Platea theater in Sahel Alma, north of the capital Beirut on December 10, 2011. Photo: AFP The Arab world's last living music legend Fairuz, ...
Legendary Arab singer Fairuz, whose ballads have told of love, her native Lebanon and the Palestinian cause, turned 90 on Thursday as her conflict-weary country is wracked by the Israel-Hezbollah war.
Another branch of one of Lebanon’s most distinguished cultural family trees fell this week with the death of Hali Rahbani, 68, son of revered singer Fairuz. Hali's death compounded the family’s sense ...
Had the diva of the Arab world Fairuz ever imagined that she would one day be stranded at Beirut Airport because of a stand-off between two opposing sides? Had she ever imagined that divisions of all ...
In the Arab world, few voices resonate with audiences as much as the enduring, almost sacred familiarity of Fairuz. Her music has been the embodiment of Lebanon’s mourning and heartbreak, spanning ...
BEIRUT: The Arab world’s last living music legend Fairuz, who French president Emmanuel Macron is to visit on Monday in Beirut, is a rare symbol of national unity in crisis-hit Lebanon. Since the ...
The Arab world's last living music legend Fairuz, who French president Emmanuel Macron is to visit Monday in Beirut, is a rare symbol of national unity in crisis-hit Lebanon. Since the death of ...