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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 ...

In Downtown Dubai, The Lana, Dorchester Collection spotlights regional creativity with six large-scale sculptures from this ...

Lebanese artist Ali Sbeity has been killed in an Israeli airstrike in the southern town of Kafra, according to local media reports and the international artistic freedom organization Artists at Risk ...

Lebanon this week mourned the passing of one of its most beloved artists. Musician and playwright Ziad Rahbani died a week ago. NPR's Michael Levitt has this remembrance. (SOUNDBITE OF ZIAD RAHBANI ...

As bombs fall on Lebanon, Lebanese artist Abed Al Kadiri is offering dozens of displaced children a “safe white space” to express themselves artistically and collaborate on a large wartime mural piece ...

The legendary composer reportedly died of a heart attack on Saturday, July 26 Ziad Rahbani, a treasured Lebanese composer and musician, has reportedly died. He was 69. According to a statement from ...