| It established Fairuz as one of the most prominent Arab singers on the Arabic music scene | Raed Rafei July 15, 2007 |
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| Gibran, Kahlil December 20, 2011 | Khaled Yacoub January 28, 2008 |
Ayyam Fakhreddine The Days of Fakhreddine — 1966• Theatrical works Musical plays or operettas were the cornerstone works of the Rahbani Trio, Fairuz, Assi and Mansour.
29| Al Yafai, Faisal August 7, 2010 | Fairuz is considered the musical icon of Lebanon and is popularly known as "the soul of Lebanon" |
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| Ayyam al Hassad Days of Harvest — 1957• 1969: Banned from radio stations for six months after refusing to perform a private concert for the president of Algeria• Awdet el 'Askar The Return of the Soldiers — 1962• In 1978, the trio toured Europe and the Persian Gulf nations, including a concert at the Paris Olympia | Mais el Reem The Deer's Meadow — 1975• Simon Broughton; Mark Ellingham; Richard Trillo, eds |
The musicals combined storyline, lyrics and dialogue, musical composition varying widely from Lebanese folkloric and rhythmic modes to classical, westernized, and oriental songs, orchestration, and the voice and acting of Fairuz.
15| Maa Al Hikayat With Stories• These songs would also customarily included commentary and themes of local and regional socio-political and historical issues | Living in a single room of a typical Lebanese stone house facing Beirut's Patriarchate school, they shared a kitchen with the neighbors |
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| He also went on to compose several songs for her and chose for her the stage name Fairuz, which is the Arabic word for | This was especially important because the war itself was so multifaceted and involved many conflicting opinions between the state and different militias |
Beirut at this time was undergoing rapid modernization and cultural expansion.