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Fairuz
Nouhad Wadie Haddad, known professionally as Fairuz, is a Lebanese singer. She is widely considered an iconic vocalist and one of the most celebrated singers in the Arab world, as well as a symbol of modern Lebanon. She is popularly known as "The Bird of the East", "The Cedar of Lebanon", "The Moon's Neighbor", "The Voice of Lebanon", and "Our Ambassador to the Stars", among others.
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entertainment · Lebanese singer (born 1934 or 1935) · singer · actor · musician · also Fairuz, Fayrūz, Fayrouz, Fairouz, Feyrouz, Nuhād Wadīʻ Ḥaddād
Born 21 November 1935 · Q3247658
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2026· 3 entries
Hebdo Ahram: Fairuz: A voice where song, story and diplomacy meet
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The Guardian: ‘I can’t listen without feeling rattled’: how Fairuz’s anthem of resilience became a harbinger of strife for Lebanon
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2025· 1 entry
Al Bawaba News: Drake samples Fairuz in his new album 'ICEMAN'
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2024· 1 entry
Middle East Eye: Fairuz: Fans celebrate 90th birthday of Lebanon’s iconic voice of unity amid war
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2020· 3 entries
dw: Fairuz: Celebrated Lebanese singer turns 85
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Global Times: Fairuz: the Arab world’s most celebrated living voice
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Would amount to one hundred ninety-five dollars
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2013· 2 entries
AI Alarabiya: Uproar over legendary Fairuz’s ‘love’ of Hezbollah chief
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The Daily Beast: IDF Posts Fairuz Video, Raises Internet Hackles
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2010· 1 entry
NPR: Fairuz: Lebanon's Voice Of Hope
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2008· 1 entry
In a 2008 article, the BBC described Fairuz as "the legendary Lebanese singer and greatest living Arab diva".
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1999· 2 entries
The New York Times described her as "a living icon without equal" and stated that her emergence as a singer paralleled Lebanon's transformation from a backwater to the vibrant financial and cultural heart of the Arab wor
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Which was attended by over 16,000 spectators, mostly Arabs
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1998· 1 entry
After 25 years of self-imposed absence where she performed the highlights of three very successful plays that were presented in the 1960s and 1970s
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1997· 2 entries
Billboard stated "even after five decades at the top, [Fairuz] remains the supreme Diva of Lebanon"
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In 1997, Billboard stated "even after five decades at the top, [Fairuz] remains the supreme Diva of Lebanon".
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1994· 1 entry
Entitled Lebanon: The Baalbek Folk Festival
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1992· 1 entry
Madonna sampled some parts of Fairuz's "Al Yawm Oullika Aala Khashaba" (اليوم عُلّق على خشبة, "Today He Was Hung on a Cross") in her song "Erotica" without permission; the singers settled the matter outside of court, but
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1988· 2 entries
Awarded Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (1988).
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Of a stroke), also a composer; and Rima (born 1965), a photographer and film director
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1987· 1 entry
And contained the emblematic song "Aatini al Nay wa ghanni" (Give me the flute and sing), based on a poem in "The Procession" by Khalil Gibran
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1986· 1 entry
No longer married to Fairuz, but due to the influence his family and Fairuz had in Lebanon, the factions in Beirut had a cease-fire allowing the funeral procession to travel from the Muslim side of the city to where Assi
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1979· 1 entry
Fairuz carried on with her son, composer Ziad Rahbani, his friend the lyricist Joseph Harb, and composer Philemon Wahbi
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1978· 1 entry
The trio toured Europe and the Persian Gulf nations, including a concert at the Paris Olympia
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1971· 1 entry
Fairuz's fame became international after her major North American tour, which was received with much excitement by the Arab-American and American communities and yielded positive reviews of the concerts
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1969· 1 entry
Fairuz's songs were banned from radio stations in Lebanon for six months because she refused to sing at a private concert in honour of Algerian president Houari Boumedienne
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1957· 1 entry
As part of the Baalbeck International Festival which took place under the patronage of Lebanese President Camille Chamoun
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1952· 1 entry
And made her an instant star in the Arab world
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1938· 1 entry
One of the oldest stations in the Arab world
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1935· 1 entry
Born 1935-11-21.
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