Nouhad Wadie Haddad , known as Fairuz , also spelled Fairouz, Feyrouz or Fayrouz, is a Lebanese singer who is one of the most widely admired and deeply respected living singers in the Arab world. Her songs are constantly heard throughout the region.
Fairouz was born to a Lebanese Christian Maronite family. She is of the Eastern Orthodox Christian faith, having converted when she married Assi Rahbani, one of the two Rahbani brothers who helped shape her singing career. She is also the mother of a Lebanese composer, pianist and playwright Ziad Rahbani and of Lebanese director and photographer Rima Rahbani.
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