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Today marks the 85th birthday of the great star Fayrouz “Neighbor of the Moon”, and “Nohad Rizk Wadih Haddad” was born that day in 1935 in the city of Beirut. Formed the consciousness of the Arab citizen.
Fayrouz at her wedding
Social media pioneers circulated a rare photo of the big star in her wedding dress during her marriage ceremony inside the church, dating back to 1955 when she married her late husband Assi Rahbani, and gave birth to him. four children, they are the musician Ziad Rahbani 1956 AD, Helly in 1958 AD, Layal Rahbani in 1960 AD But passed away in 1988, the director Rima Rahbani in 1965.
Nihad, or Fairouz, was the first daughter of a simple family who lived in Zuqaq al-Blat in the old town near the Lebanese capital. She began her artistic career in 1940 as a choir singer on Lebanese Radio, when her voice as a musician, Muhammad Fleifel, discovered her and included her in his team that sang patriotic songs. Halim Al-Roumi, director of Lebanese Radio, wrote his first song.
I presented with the two brothers Rahbani, and their younger brother Elias, hundreds of songs that revolutionized Arabic music for their short duration and strong meaning, unlike the predominant Arabic songs at that time, which were characterized by their length. In addition, Fayrouz’s songs were simple expressions with the depth of the musical idea and the variety of themes, as she sang for love and children, for Jerusalem for her adherence to the Palestinian cause, for sadness, joy, homeland and mother.
