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Fairuz
One of the greatest voices of the Orient, Lebanese singer Fairuz was born Nouhad
Wadie Haddad in Zqaq El Blat, a district of Beirut, on November 21, 1934. Born
into a Christian family from Syria who had fled the war, she was noticed for her
voice at school and took lessons with Mohammed Flayfel, who trained her at the
conservatory. Noticed by Halim el-Roumi, director of the Lebanese state radio
station, she was hired as a backing singer, receiving the pseudonym Fairuz
("Turquoise" in Arabic) from him. The brothers Assy and Mansour Rahbani,
musicians also hired by the radio statio...
