Paris hosts Franco-Lebanese music event to aid Lebanon’s humanitarian crisis

France hosted a large charity concert for Lebanon on Thursday evening at the Arab World Institute in Paris, where several ...
AOL

Lebanese Artist Ziad Rahbani, Son of Music Icon Fairuz, Dies at 69: ‘A Complete Intellectual and Cultural Phenomenon’

Ziad Rahbani, a treasured Lebanese composer and musician, has reportedly died. He was 69. According to a statement from the hospital where Ziad was being treated in Beirut, which was obtained by the ...
Al-Monitor

Ziad Rahbani, enfant terrible of Lebanese stage and song, dies at 69

Lebanese pianist, composer and playwright Ziad Rahbani performs during the Beirut Holidays 2019 Festival at the waterfront in the Lebanese capital — JOSEPH EID Renowned Lebanese musician and composer ...
NPR

Remembering celebrated Lebanese singer Ahmad Kaabour

A Lebanese singer famous for songs about resistance & war is laid to rest during another Israeli invasion in the region he wrote songs about. Some songs bring comfort at a time of conflict. Others are ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

The enduring legacy of Lebanese singer Fairuz's 'Bahebak Ya Lebnan'

Walk into any cafe in Lebanon and you'll often find morning coffee sipped with the soulful voice of Fairuz drifting in the background. She often sings of love... (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SAALOUNY EL NAS") ...
PBS

Arabic music finds new audience with streaming, social media

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