The cover of the book “Ila Ziad,” designed by Maya Chams. (Credit: Courtesy of Megaphone)
On July 29, 2026, a year after Ziad Rahbani’s passing, the Megaphone platform held a commemorative event at Metro al-Madina Theater that concluded with the launch of the tribute book "Ila Ziad."Ziad Rahbani was more than just a rebellious heir to his family's legacy — his father Assi Rahbani, his uncle Mansour, and his mother Fairuz. As the civil war loomed, he became a vigilant observer of that tumultuous period, a time when many thought they held the truth, but ultimately, it remained elusive. On the legacy Who does Ziad Rahbani belong to? Speaking or even asserting anything amounted to either lying or madness. Music, a universal language, served as his shield against distorted speech. However, it was essential to discover new words that truly conveyed his generation’s feelings of violence, dispossession, revolt, and...
On July 29, 2026, a year after Ziad Rahbani’s passing, the Megaphone platform held a commemorative event at Metro al-Madina Theater that concluded with the launch of the tribute book "Ila Ziad."Ziad Rahbani was more than just a rebellious heir to his family's legacy — his father Assi Rahbani, his uncle Mansour, and his mother Fairuz. As the civil war loomed, he became a vigilant observer of that tumultuous period, a time when many thought they held the truth, but ultimately, it remained elusive. On the legacy Who does Ziad Rahbani belong to? Speaking or even asserting anything amounted to either lying or madness. Music, a universal language, served as his shield against distorted speech. However, it was essential to discover new words that truly conveyed his generation’s feelings of violence, dispossession,...
