Collage created by Jaimee Lee Haddad
On the occasion of the icon's 91st birthday, we invite you to revisit Fairuz's lifelong legacy through this special series published in 2024.In the heights of Rabieh, at around 10 p.m., the heir to the former mandate authority met with the last living legend of a dying country. It was on Aug. 31, 2020. Beirut was still caught in its nightmare. Barely a month earlier, a port explosion had dealt a cruel blow to the crumbling city.Not since the Civil War had the lyrics of “Li Beirut” sounded so right. It was this song that flooded social media following the catastrophe. It’s the one that expresses sadness at the destruction of a city that once amazed the Arab world with its vitality. It’s the one that unites those who stayed in the country and those who left, whether they packed up and departed in the wake of the latest financial...
On the occasion of the icon's 91st birthday, we invite you to revisit Fairuz's lifelong legacy through this special series published in 2024.In the heights of Rabieh, at around 10 p.m., the heir to the former mandate authority met with the last living legend of a dying country. It was on Aug. 31, 2020. Beirut was still caught in its nightmare. Barely a month earlier, a port explosion had dealt a cruel blow to the crumbling city.Not since the Civil War had the lyrics of “Li Beirut” sounded so right. It was this song that flooded social media following the catastrophe. It’s the one that expresses sadness at the destruction of a city that once amazed the Arab world with its vitality. It’s the one that unites those who stayed in the country and those who left, whether they packed up and departed in the wake of the latest...
