Lebanon has decided to rebaptise a thoroughfare named after former Syrian president Hafez al-Assad in favour of late Lebanese musician and playwright Ziad Rahbani, a move many welcomed on Wednesday.

Lebanon is officially renaming Hafez el-Assad Avenue in Beirut to Ziad Rahbani Avenue instead! Hafez el-Assad was Syria’s ...

On 25 July 2025, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, finally released, returned to his native Lebanon where he was welcomed as a hero. The next morning, Ziad Rahbani, musician, theatre and radio personality, ...

Lebanon this week mourned the passing of one of its most beloved artists. Musician and playwright Ziad Rahbani died a week ago. NPR's Michael Levitt has this remembrance. MICHAEL LEVITT, BYLINE: In ...

July 2025 has been a month of many losses for music fans. Many of the world's most famous singers, musicians, and composers ...

From humanitarian airdrops in Gaza and the US-EU trade agreement, to the massive earthquake in Russia, the fires in Iraq and ...

It is unclear how the lightening rod of Palestinian statehood will end the daily massacres in Gaza or reverse the ongoing ...

Raised in a storied family — his mother, Fayrouz, is one of the Arab world’s most beloved singers — he wrote works reflecting ...

He was to the manner born. His mother Fairouz is Lebanon’s most iconic singer, a diva whose haunting voice continues to ...

The New Arab remembers and honours Ziad Rahbani, the legendary Lebanese composer, satirist, and pioneer of ’Oriental jazz’, ...

Ziad Rahbani is a renowned Lebanese composer, pianist, playwright, and political commentator, born in 1956. He is best known for his innovative contributions to Arabic music and theatre, blending ...

Hundreds of people in Lebanon have paid tribute to iconic composer, pianist and playwright Ziad Rahbani, who died over the ...