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Higlights of Fayrouz’s life and career

November 21, 1935: Nuhad Haddad, later to be named Fayrouz, was born

December 1946: Nuhad joins the conservatoire under the care of Muhammed Fleifel

1949: Nuhad is hired as a chorus girl at the Lebanese Radio Station

1950: Nuhad sings her first solo song “Tarakt qalbi w tawee’t hubbak” composed by Halim Al Rumi.

1950: Fayrouz meets Assi Rahbani for the first time. The meeting was arranged by Halim Al Rumi

1952: “Itab” establishes Fayrouz as a major singer in the Arab world.

1955: Fayrouz and Assi get married on January 23rd.

1955: Fayrouz sings “Rajioun” as a gift to Palestine and its people.

1956: Fayrouz gives birth to her first son, Ziad, on the first day of the year.

1957: Fayrouz holds her first concert. It was in Damascus where she sang “Barada” of Bshara Alkhouri’s words.

1957: Al-istehkak al-Loubnani Honor awarded her at the time of President Kameel Shamo’un (The highest honor ever awarded a Lebanese artist)

1958: Fayrouz gives birth to her second son, Hali.

1960: Fayrouz gives birth to her first daughter, Layal.

1964: Mohammad Abdelwahab attends her Al-Arz concert to hear the song he composed for her “Sakana Allayl”

1965: Fayrouz gives birth to her youngest daughter, Rima.

1965: “Biyyaa’ Elkhawatem”, Fayrouz’s first movie was filmed.

1972: Fayrouz sings at the Carnegie Hall, New-York.

1975: Commemorable stamps with Fayrouz’s image on them were released in Lebanon.

1979: The last concert seen of Assi & Fayrouz together (Olympia-Paris)

1979: “Wahdoun” her first album for Ziad was released.

1987: Fayrouz holds the largest concert ever in the Gulf Region in Bahrain.

1988: Fayrouz holds the biggest concert ever held by an Arab singer abroad in Bercy-France. It was attended by 15,000 people.

1997: Fayrouz receives a medal of arts for the second time from France.

August 1998: Fayrouz returns to Baalbak after 24 years of absence for a 3-night performance of selected parts of 4 of her plays in collaboration with Mansour and Elias Rahbany.

1999: The International Red Cross chooses Fayrouz as the Arab Ambassador to the 50th anniversary of the Geneva Convention. She sang “Alardhu lakum” there instead of giving a speech.

1999: Fayrouz sings for an audience of 15,000 in Las Vegas.

2000: Fayrouz holds a 3-night concert at Beiteddine with her son Ziad. The third night was described as a night of a life-time.

April 2002: Fayrouz holds a concert in Dubai dedicating it to the Palestinian cause in light of the recent happenings in the West Bank. The proceeds of the concert were channeled for the establishment of a center for the autistic children of Dubai.