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Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) – French President Emmanuel Macron described “Mrs. Fairouz” as “an icon with a special place in the hearts of the French,” after an “exceptional” encounter with the great Lebanese artist, with the one who began his private visit to Lebanon, to celebrate the centenary. To establish it.
Attention was focused on the “Rabieh” northeast of Beirut, where Macron opened his visit to Lebanon, on Monday night, with a scheduled date with a “cup of coffee” announced a few days ago with the “neighbor of the moon. “Fayrouz.
Rima Rahbani, Fayrouz’s daughter, welcomed Macron in front of the house, as monitored by Lebanese media during a live broadcast, and the meeting lasted about an hour and a quarter, during which he received a gift from her, which appeared to be a frame.
After the meeting, the French president told “Al Jadid” TV that he had made a commitment to “Ms. Fairouz” and the Lebanese people to “reform and make Lebanon more beautiful”, but refused to reveal what she Told him.
Macron was also greeted with angry chants from protesters who gathered in front of Fairuz’s house, raising their voices loudly in front of the French president, with slogans of “revolution,” and others who rejected the newly appointed Lebanese prime minister, Mustafa Adeeb. , to answer them that: “The Lebanese political class is what he called him, not me.” .
Despite the anger with which Macron encountered the protesters, the symbolism of his encounter with Fayrouz overshadowed the complexities of the Lebanese political, economic and social scene, which has witnessed difficult developments for almost a year, leading to the tragedy caused by the explosion of the port of Beirut, where the voice of Fayrouz sang his famous song. From my heart, peace to Beirut “in the background of images and videos that recall the horrible moments of the explosion and its aftermath, which the Lebanese have reported on social media during the last period.
It seems superfluous to say the answer to a question as to why Macron chose to visit Fairuz, in light of these circumstances, to celebrate the centenary of Lebanon, and before meeting any of its politicians, with the exception of a quick official reception from the president. Lebanese for your guest on the airport grounds.
“Mrs. Fairouz” has always been considered a symbol of the unity of Lebanon, who sang her love for him with “its north, south, plain and mountain”, “a mountain of blue clouds” and “a country of freedom” . She never sided with any of their political groups, and while she distanced herself from their wars, she will be an ambassador The Lebanese went to the stars, carried their voice and longing for a desired homeland, and gathered them for generations through the corners of the earth, until the last prayer I launched on the occasion of last Easter in the midst of the restrictions of social distancing imposed by the crisis of the Crown.
Fayrouz did not leave Lebanon on his ordeal during the Lebanese civil war (1975-1990), nor did he give a single party in his homeland throughout those bloody years, in a clear indication of non-alignment with either party, while his voice continued to inspire hope on both sides of the fighting fronts, until the Lebanese met and their wounds healed at a party he held in Martyrs’ Square in central Beirut, after the end of the war in 1994 .
His real name is Nihad Haddad, he was born on November 21, 1935, and his talent was discovered by the composer Mohamed Fleifel in the forties of the last century, when he was looking for beautiful voices for the Lebanese Radio Choir, and the singer-songwriter Halim Al-Roumi, the radio’s music director at the time, gave him his stage name “Fairouz.” The name that became an icon of singing in Lebanon and the Arab world, as the protagonist and partner of the greatest musical and theatrical works of the Rahbani brothers (the late husband Asi and her brother Mansour).
A voice that has not diminished its brilliance or impact on the consciousness of Lebanese or Arabs since the 1950s, sang love, humanity, longing and homelands, with the words of the most important poets such as Nizar Qabbani, Al-Akhtal Al -Saghir, Saeed Aql and Talal Haidar … and composed by prominent composers such as the late Egyptian musician Filemon. Wehbe and others, which led to her very special musical experience, with her son, composer Ziad Rahbani.
