Music – explore Fairuz

Fairuz

Nouhad Wadie’ Haddad (Arabic: نهاد وديع حداد‎; born November 21, 1935, known as Fairuz (Arabic: فيروز‎), also spelled Fairouz, Feyrouz or Fayrouz, is a Lebanese singer who is one of the most admired and influential singers in the Arab world.

Native name نهاد وديع حداد Birth name Nouhad Haddad Born November 21, 1935 (age 83) Zuqaq al-Blat, Beirut, State of Greater Lebanon

Lebanon – Genres -Arabic musicLebanese music

Website http://www.fairouz.com

Her songs are constantly heard throughout the region.[8][9] She is also known as an icon in modern Arabic music and has sold over 150 million records worldwide, making her and Umm Kulthum the two best-selling Middle-Eastern artists of all time. [10]

She was first noticed at the International Festival of Baalbeck, where she performed many of her songs. She became famous after appearing on the “Lebanese Nights” part of the festival for many successive years. Fairuz is commonly known as “Ambassador to the Stars”, “Ambassador of the Arabs” after the title of one of her albums, “the Moon’s Neighbour” for her song about the moon of Machgara, and the “Jewel of Lebanon”.

 

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