The Lebanese government's announcement that "Hafez al-Assad Avenue" will now be renamed "Ziad Rahbani Avenue" was not just the replacement of a street’s name with another; it was the replacement of ...

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 ...

Over the course of three days, GVer Nate Matias cycled the equivalent of 10,000 meters in elevation to help raise money for ...

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 ...

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

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’, ...

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

Ziad Rahbani, a visionary Lebanese composer, playwright, pianist and political provocateur, died on Saturday, at the age of 69, according to the state-run National News Agency. The ...