US EditionLebanon mourns iconic composer Ziad Rahbani as mother Fayrouz makes rare appearance
LEBANON, JUL 28 – Ziad Rahbani's funeral drew hundreds as he was mourned for his influential blend of avant-garde music and political satire reshaping Lebanon's cultural and political landscape.
- Ziad Rahbani, a 69-year-old Lebanese composer, playwright, and political provocateur, died on Saturday, July 26, 2025, in Beirut after a long illness.
- Rahbani's health declined following a month-long hospital stay due to liver cirrhosis, and his death followed decades as a staunch leftist and activist.
- His funeral took place on Monday, July 28, 2025, at a church in Bikfaya, a mountainous town, where hundreds, including his mother Fairuz and prominent officials, paid respects.
- Mourners accompanied Rahbani's coffin through Beirut's Hamra district, throwing flowers and rice grains while carrying posters, Palestinian and Lebanese Communist flags, accompanied by applause and ululations.
- Rahbani's death marks a significant loss for Lebanon’s cultural and political landscape, leaving behind a legacy of artistic innovation and political critique that resonates to this day.
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Lebanese musician and composer Ziad Rahbani, son of the icon of the Arab song Fairouz and forerunner of eastern jazz, died Saturday, July 26, 2025, at the age of 69. The population and his family gathered for a last good-bye to the one who revolutionized Lebanese culture.
Lebanon mourns iconic composer Ziad Rahbani as mother Fayrouz makes
BEIRUT: Hundreds of people in Lebanon paid tribute Monday to iconic composer, pianist and playwright Ziad Rahbani, who died over the weekend. His mother, Fayrouz, one of the Arab world’s most esteemed singers, made a rare public appearance. Rahbani, also known as a political provocateur, died Saturday at age 69. The cause of death was not immediately known.
A great loss for Lebanon : Fairuz, mourners bid farewell to composer Ziad Rahbani
Mourners gathered in Beirut and in the northern town of Bikfaya to pay their respects to the late Ziad Rahbani, the famed Lebanese composer and playwright who passed away on Saturday aged 69. Following his funeral procession in the Lebanese capital’s district of Hamra, Rahbani’s mother, the iconic singer Fairuz, was seen sat at the back of Mhaidseh's Greek Orthodox Church of Dormition, accompanied by her daughter, Rima Rahbani. In footage broadc…
Ziad Rahbani, Lebanese Icon of Music and Political Theatre, Dies at 69 - teleSUR English
Lebanese composer, playwright, and pianist Ziad Rahbani, son of legendary singer Fairuz and composer Assi Rahbani, died Saturday morning at the age of 69, leaving behind a legacy that reshaped the cultural and political landscape of Lebanon. A statement from the Beirut hospital where he was receiving treatment confirmed that “at 9:00 a.m., the heart of the great artist and creator Ziad Rahbani stopped beating.” Though he had long suffered from h…
In his songs he combined biting social criticism with socialist romanticism – and coined a golden era of music theatre in Lebanon. Ziad Rahbani now died at the age of 69.
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