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, ...

From a pioneering Emirati actress who helped lay the foundations of national television and theatre, to a Lebanese composer ...

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July 2025 has been a month of many losses for music fans. Many of the world's most famous singers, musicians, and composers ...

A true musical maverick, Ziad Rahbani didn’t do things in half measures. He lived a free life, on his own terms; and left the same way ...

From humanitarian airdrops in Gaza and the US-EU trade agreement, to the massive earthquake in Russia, the fires in Iraq and ...

Our readers have their say on the children starving in Gaza, Dubai's first female police brigadier and the legacy of Ziad Rahbani ...

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

Raised in a storied family — his mother, Fayrouz, is one of the Arab world’s most beloved singers — he wrote works reflecting ...

Riyadh, SANA-The Saudi Council of Ministers emphasized the importance of the outcome of the Syrian-Saudi Investment Conference held in Damascus last week.

Ziad Rahbani’s musical, theatrical, and radio works have left their mark on the memory of more than one generation. Ziad ...

He was to the manner born. His mother Fairouz is Lebanon’s most iconic singer, a diva whose haunting voice continues to ...