Fayrouz...the legend of the "sky harp" that will not be repeated

Celebrity news Fayrouz, the neighbor of the moon, the warm, compassionate voice, the sweetness and tenderness that moves the eyelashes and enters the heart directly, was unique in her talent that made her an icon of romance and sadness in the Arab world.

Sbisiali reviews some of the aesthetics of Fayrouz’s songs She is able to move from the lowest pitch to the highest pitch, with which she feels “nostalgia” and nostalgia. She is able to describe the most delicate human feelings, and the word “darling” from her has a special taste. Fairouz is not only a singer who describes feelings with pure sweetness, but she can see life scenes. She is perfect in her songs. She enters the forest with her and sees the sparkling bunches of grapes. She sleeps in space and surrounds herself with the sky. She sings with quiet sadness over the separation of her lover, and she waits contentedly for him no matter what.

Today is the 88th birthday of “The Bird of the East,” which, despite its distance from the limelight, “its distance is on our minds.” And as long as her songs were “Wans in “Sahar al-Layali” and “Kubar al-Bahr,” we love Fayrouz and continue to see her as an icon no matter how much time passes.

Fayrouz's journey Nihad Wadih Haddad was born on November 21, 1935, to a simple family in the village of Jabal Al-Arz, located in the Chouf District in Lebanon. Then she moved to the Zoqaq Al-Blat neighborhood in the capital, Beirut, in the Old Quarter. She began singing when she was five years old, attracting listeners to her sweet voice at an early age.

It revolutionized Arabic music and was characterized by simplicity of expression and short duration, unlike the prevailing Arabic songs of that period, in addition to the diversity of topics, as Fairouz sang for children, the homeland, the mother, and the Palestinian cause, in addition to love songs.

Fayrouz's songs spread throughout the Arab world, becoming a main feature on the radio of the Arab world, giving her the title "Queen of the Morning", and her songs reached more than 800 songs.

Sorrows in the life of the moon's neighbor There is a sadness that you feel in Fayrouz’s voice, no matter what her words are, you can sense a hidden sadness that she is trying to hide in her heart, but her facial features indicate it with every appearance she makes, as her lips refuse to smile except a little, and this happens with difficulty, so it seems as if the ghost of a smile on her lips refuses to appear. Is this because of what she went through in her life?

Fayrouz suffered from several crises throughout her life, but the most prominent of them was the passing of her daughter Layal at the age of 28 after she suffered a stroke, the same disease with which her husband Assi Rahbani passed away, and she suffered from severe depression at that time.

One of the most prominent crises that Fayrouz also suffered from was that her son, Hali, was afflicted with a rare disease that caused him to lose movement. Since his birth in 1958, doctors assured Al-Qamar’s neighbor that her young son would only live a few years, as he was born suffering from a mental and motor disability. He could only move in a wheelchair, but Fayrouz's heart prevailed over her mind and the doctors' conversations, so she decided to take care of him herself, and sing to him and for him. Away from the eyes of the press and media, she practiced her motherhood and did not show it.

Fayrouz Awards Throughout her artistic life, Fairouz has won many awards and medals. She received the Lebanese Order of Merit from President Camille Chamoun in 1957, which is the highest award in the country, the Cedar Medal in 1962, and the Lebanese Order of Merit. She also received the Medal of Dignity in 1963 from King Hussein. And the Jordanian Renaissance Medal, first class.

In 1988, Fayrouz received the French National Legion of Honor, the High Culture Medal from Tunisia, and the Jerusalem Prize from Palestine in 1997. In 1975, commemorative postage stamps with her picture were issued in her honor. She was also awarded an honorary doctorate from the American University of Beirut, becoming the first singer. You get that title.

The late French President François Mitterrand nominated her to receive the Order of the French Republic for Culture and Arts, which is the highest cultural honor in France, and she also received many international honors in many other countries.