Macron instead chose to see Lebanon’s No. 1 diva Fairouz, a national symbol and one of the rare figures in Lebanon beloved and respected across the country. The meeting with Fairouz is a ...

As the son of Fairouz, who is dubbed "The Cedar of Lebanon" for being one of the most influential singers of the Arab world, Rahbani composed several songs for his mother. At the age of 17, Ziad ...

French President Emmanuel Macron began his trip to Beirut on Monday by visiting Fairouz, one of the Arab world's most famous singers whose haunting voice has been Lebanon's soundtrack from its ...

The Arab world's last living music legend Fairuz, whom French President Emmanuel Macron visited Monday in Beirut, is a rare symbol of national unity in crisis-hit Lebanon.

Born in 1956 in Antelias, near Beirut, Ziad was the eldest son of legendary Lebanese singer Fairouz and composer Assi Rahbani, one half of the famed Rahbani Brothers. From a young age, he showed ...

Also, after a week filled with tragedy, anger and frustration following Beirut's explosion, one glimmer of light is Fairuz, Lebanon's most beloved singer, and her song "Li Beirut" which captures ...

The French president will start his visit to Beirut on Monday by meeting Fairouz, one of the Arab world's most famed singers whose haunting voice has been Lebanon's soundtrack from its glamorous ...

FILE – In this Oct. 7, 2010 file photo, Lebanon’s diva Fairouz, one of the Arab world’s most popular singers, performs during a concert for her new album “Eh Fi Amal” (Yes there is hope ...

The meeting with Fairouz is a personal gesture from Macron, whose deep engagement with Lebanon has been denounced by his critics as a neocolonialist foray into a former French protectorate.