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Fairuz in 1945. Nouhad Haddad was born on November 20, 1934 or 1935, in Beirut into a Syriac Orthodox and Maronite Christian family. [26] [27] [28] Her father, Wadie, was an Assyrian born in Mardin, then in Ottoman Syria, who moved to Lebanon to flee the Assyrian genocide.
Mohammed Fairouz (born November 1, 1985) is an American composer. He is one of the most frequently performed composers of his generation [ 1 ] and has been described by Daniel J. Wakin of The New York Times as an "important new artistic voice".
Assi Rahbani's musical career began when he obtained a job at the Near East Radio channel (إذاعة الشرق الأدنى). In 1951, Nouhad Haddad (later known as Fairuz), one of the singers in the radio station's chorus, came to the attention of Halim El Roumi, the musical director.
It is a carnival-type of festival in which social roles are reversed and communal norms upturned, [50] generally functioning as a more lighthearted counterpart to the Ta'zieh passion plays commemorating the death of the prophet Muhammad's grandson Husayn ibn Ali at the Battle of Karbala in 680. [51]
Fairuz, Assi, and Mansour were introduced to the Western world during their 1971 tour of the United States. Initially, managers and event-organizers in the US doubted the popularity and drawing power of Fairuz and the Rahbani Brothers. However, after a concert of June 6, 1971 at Carnegie Hall, Fairuz proved that she could be a viable artist abroad.
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