Fairuz, her composer husband Assi Rahbani and his brother Mansour revolutionised traditional Arabic music by merging classical Western, Russian and Latin elements with eastern rhythms and a modern ...

Fairuz, her composer husband Assi Rahbani and his brother Mansour revolutionised traditional Arabic music by merging classical Western, Russian and Latin elements with eastern rhythms and a modern ...

During these years, Fairuz performed with Mansour and Assi Rahbani, the latter of whom she ended up marrying in 1955. Part of what made Fairuz so popular, aside from her ethereal vocal performance, ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. As the arts community continues to be roiled by divisions over the violence in the Middle East, two musicians are making their own ...

The instruments stood out in the second half of the program during “Evcara Saz Semaisi” by Dil-hayat Kalfa and “Nassam ‘Aleyna al-Hawa” by Mansour and Assi Rahbani. The former is a slower instrumental ...

It was arranged by the Rahbani brothers, namely, Assi Rahbani (1923–1986), Fairuz’s husband, and her brother-in-law Mansour (1925–2009). Although unattested, it is highly probable there has also been ...