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Ziad Rahbani, the shattered dream of a lucid Lebanon

This is not merely the death of a man, but the loss of a lens through which an entire generation learned to laugh at absurdity, cry over injustice and listen more Rahbani passed away as he lived: in a silence that speaks volumes, far from the media clamor, leaving behind a rich body of work, a trail of intransigence and a void that echoes in the streets of Beirut as well as in the wings of every theater he Rahbani was born on Jan. 1, 1956, in Antelias to a family already renowned for its artistic glory. Prodigal son of Fairuz and composer Assi Rahbani, he was raised in an environment rich in music, poetry and political a very young age, he demonstrated a precocious talent for writing, satire and composition. He attended the prestigious Notre-Dame de Jamhour college. In this French-speaking Jesuit...