Tag: Fairuz

In the Time of the Mulberry

New book explores Lebanon’s 19th century silk industry, religious taboos and the struggle of women. 19th century Lebanon was not so vastly different...

John McCarthy: Our Unexpected Ambassador in Geneva

  Advised by his father to learn Arabic, American-Irish John McCarthy fell in love with the language, and with Lebanon from the...

The Francophile Musician Elias Rahbani

Sitting in a chair in a gently lit corner of his living room, the last living member of the Rahbani Brothers still...