Fairuz was born on November 21, 1935, she is a distinguished Lebanese singer and one of the best known Arab singers of all time. Her songs are heard all over the Arab world and still spark Lebanese national pride.

She was born Nouhad Haddad ‎in Jabal al Arz (Cedar Mountain) to a modest Syriac Catholic family and was married to Assi Rahbani who comes from a humble Greek Orthodox family from Antelias and who was the oldest and most talented of the two brothers that helped shaping her singing career.

She is also the mother of the Lebanese singer and composer Ziad Rahbani and the Lebanese director and photographer Rima Rahbani. Fairuz is sometimes referred to as Our (Lebanese) Ambassador to the Stars, the Arabs' Ambassador, Neighbour to the Moon, and the Poet of the Voice.