In a highly symbolic move, the Lebanese government has voted to rename a major road once honouring Syria’s Hafez al-Assad after the late composer and playwright Ziad Rahbani, cementing his place in the country’s official memory.
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Ziad Rahbani, Lebanon’s Soundtrack of Disillusionment, Dies at 69
Composer, playwright and pianist Ziad Rahbani, son of Fairuz and Assi Rahbani, has died in Beirut at 69, leaving behind a body of work that fused jazz with Arabic music and turned Lebanon’s civil war and postwar malaise into theatre and song.
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Hiba Tawaji Joins Pentatonix for a Christmas Album that Takes Lebanese Vocals Global
Lebanese singer Hiba Tawaji has joined Grammy-winning a cappella group Pentatonix on their album 'Holidays Around the World,' adding Arabic lyrics to a classic Christmas hymn and taking her voice to new global audiences.
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George Al Rassi: The Lebanese Pop Voice Silenced on the Beirut–Damascus Highway
Lebanese singer and actor George Al Rassi died in a violent crash on the Lebanon–Syria border as he drove back from a concert in Damascus. Beyond the headlines of a “road accident,” his story is that of a teenager who turned a nightclub contract into regional fame, and of a life unexpectedly cut short at 42.
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Elissa’s Brave Reveal: How a Lebanese Diva Turned a Music Video into a Breast Cancer Campaign
Fans expected a glamorous new music video from Lebanese superstar Elissa — instead, she used “Ila Kol Elli Bihebbouni” to reveal she had secretly fought and beaten breast cancer, turning her most personal moments into a powerful awareness campaign.