Bikfaya (Liban) (AFP) – Lebanon’s top singer Fairuz [Fayrouz] attends the funeral of her son, renowned musician and composer Ziad Rahbani, at Mhaidseh’s Greek Orthodox Church of Dormition in Bikfaya, north east of Beirut. Rahbani, pioneer of Oriental jazz, died on July 26 aged 69 after a decades-long career that revolutionised the country’s artistic scene. Rahbani had suffered ill-health in recent years that also impacted his artistic activity.
