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 1958, Fairuz and Assi Rahbani welcomed their second child, Hali, who was born with a severe physical and mental disability that made him unable to speak, hear or walk for his entire life.Fairuz refused to place him in a specialized institution, taking care of him at home instead.Over time, the weight of the couple’s domestic life became increasingly unbearable. Their home was shaped by the harshness of Assi Rahbani, who saw himself as a Pygmalion figure, resistant to opposition— especially when it came from his ‘creation.’Fairuz herself spoke with restrained candor about their relationship during an interview with Frederic Mitterrand in 1998. Read also: Fairuz and the Rahbani Brothers:...
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 1958, Fairuz and Assi Rahbani welcomed their second child, Hali, who was born with a severe physical and mental disability that made him unable to speak, hear or walk for his entire life.Fairuz refused to place him in a specialized institution, taking care of him at home instead.Over time, the weight of the couple’s domestic life became increasingly unbearable. Their home was shaped by the harshness of Assi Rahbani, who saw himself as a Pygmalion figure, resistant to opposition— especially when it came from his ‘creation.’Fairuz herself spoke with restrained candor about their relationship during an interview with Frederic Mitterrand in 1998. Read also: Fairuz and the Rahbani...
There is nothing wrong with “a nation to cling to a fraction of its history, one long buried, as if it were a lifeline” because indeed it is - especially in difficult times it becomes a unifying force for the present and a positive vision for the future - an element essential to all nations
27 July 2025 11:50