Fairouz | Singer, Artist, Biography, & Facts
Fairouz, also spelled Fayrouz, Fairuz, and Fayruz, byname of Nuhād al-Ḥaddād, (born November 20, 1934? [see Researcher’s Note], Beirut, Lebanon), Lebanese singer and actress widely considered to be one of the most celebrated Arab singers of the 20th century. Fairouz’s husband was Assi Rahbani, who along with his brother Mansour Rahbani—known together as the Rahbani Brothers—wrote and composed the majority of the songs and plays that Fairouz performed from the mid-1950s until Assi suffered a debilitating stroke in 1973. Subsequently Fairouz began collaborating, separately, with her...
Source: britannica.com