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Did you know???

That Fayrouz’s ambition was to become a school teacher?

That Fayrouz hated mathematics with passion at school and still has no mastery over the multiplication table till this day?

That her first salary at the Lebanese radio station as a chorus girl was 100 Lebanese Liras (before tax)?

That Fayrouz sang a duet with Halim Al Rumi called “A’asheq al ward” in 1950?

That when Assi Rahbany was introduced to Fayrouz by Halim Al Rumi, he had reservations about Fayrouz’s voice? He was of the opinion that it was not suitable for western music. He was soon to discover the unusual capabilities in her voice though.

That Mansour Rahbani, in the beginning, did not think that Fayrouz was the right voice for the Rahbany Brothers’ new musical style? He later admitted that he was dead wrong and that he did not have Assi’s foresight in the matter.

That the first song Assi composed for Fayrouz was “Habbatha ya ghurobe” of Qublan Moukarzel’s words? That was in the early 50’s.

That contrary to the general belief, Fayrouz and Assi were not married in 1954. They were married on the 23rd of January 1955.

That Fayrouz deliberately missed her flight home from Los Angeles once in order to buy her disabled son, Hali, an electric wheelchair when she saw a lady at the airport driving such one?

That Fayrouz’s mother passed away suddenly on the same day Fayrouz recorded the song “Ya jarat alwadi”?

That little Rima in the film “Bint Elhares” is none other that Rima, Fayrouz’s youngest daughter?

That on her trips abroad, Fayrouz rarely leaves her hotel room out of fear of falling ill and having to disappoint her fans?