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Ziad Rahbani, Lebanese Composer and Son of Icon Fayrouz, Dies at 69
BEIRUT GOVERNORATE, LEBANON, JUL 26 – Ziad Rahbani reshaped Arab music and theater with politically charged works and leftist views, influencing generations of artists and highlighting social injustices in Lebanon and the Arab world.
- Ziad Rahbani, a Lebanese composer, playwright, and political provocateur, died at age 69 on Saturday in Beirut.
- Rahbani's death follows a lifetime of pioneering Arabic-Western musical fusion amid Lebanon’s civil war and political unrest starting in 1975.
- He gained fame with his 1974 breakout play Nazl el-Sourour depicting societal inequality and continued composing jazz-inflected scores and satirical works.
- Lebanese leaders honored Rahbani as a profound moral voice and a defiant critic of injustice, while one of his most memorable lyrics questions the promise of a better future by asking what happens to the present day.
- His death marks a national loss, leaving a lasting influence on Lebanese culture and younger generations who rediscovered his work in protest movements.
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Shafaq News- Beirut The National News Agency reported that the Lebanese artist Ziad Rahbani passed away this morning, Saturday, at the age of 69, after an artistic career that left a deep mark on music and theater. Ziad Rahbani is the son of Fairuz and the late Assi Rahbani and is considered one of the most prominent innovators in Lebanese song and political satirical theater. He began his artistic career in the early 1970s, when he presented hi…
Tributes pour in as Lebanese musician Ziad Rahbani dies at 69
DUBAI: Lebanese musician and playwright Ziad Rahbani, who was the son of iconic singer Fayrouz, died on Saturday at the age of 69. Rahbani, who was born on Jan. 1, 1956, began composing for Fayrouz as a teenager and is the mind behind legendary songs including “Kifak Inta” and “Bala Wala Shi.” His father, composer Assi Rahbani, was a musical icon in his own right. Considered
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