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Nov 16, 2007
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Here is a famous and beautiful song ("Ya Tayr" - "Oh, Bird", from the movie "Safar Barlik", 1967) performed by one of the Arab world's most beloved singers, the great Fairuz. Fairuz (also spelled Fairouz, Fairooz, Fairoz, Fayruz, Fayrouz, Fayrooz, Fayroz, Feiruz, Feirouz, Feirooz, Feiroz, Feyruz, Feyrouz, Feyrooz, Feyroz, Firuz, Firouz, Firooz) is a Lebanese singer. Born Nouhad Haddad in Jabal al Arz ("Cedar Mountain"), Lebanon, in 1935, Fairuz is known as "Our (Lebanese) Ambassador to the Stars", "The Arabs' Ambassador" and "Neighbour to the Moon". She appeared at The International Baalbeck Festival in 1998 after 25 years of absence where she performed the highlights of 3 very successful plays that were presented in the 1960's and 1970's. Another huge success was the massive concert at the Las Vegas MGM Grand Arena (1999) which broke box-office sales records and was attended by over 16 000 Lebanese who flocked to the city from all over the American continent and Europe. Fairuz possesses a large repertoire of around 1500 songs, has sold 100 million records around the world, and has been offered prestigious awards and titles over the years. Fairuz has performed once or more in each of many countries around the globe including Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, The United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, France, The United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada, The United States of America, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, and of course, Lebanon. Fairuz has performed in many internationally famous and prestigious venues such as the Royal Albert Hall in London in 1962, the New York Carnegie Hall in 1971, the London Palladium in 1978, L'Olympia de Paris in 1979, London's Royal Festival Hall in 1986, the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles (1971, 1981, and 2003), the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C (1981 and 1987), among many others. Numerous musicians, poets, scholars, critics and singers around the world were deeply
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