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In 1979, Fairouz performed for the first time at the Olympia in Paris. The ovation is commensurate with emotion when the diva sings the heartbreak of her country, Lebanon, then plunged into an endless fratricidal war. But, well beyond the ...See moreIn 1979, Fairouz performed for the first time at the Olympia in Paris. The ovation is commensurate with emotion when the diva sings the heartbreak of her country, Lebanon, then plunged into an endless fratricidal war. But, well beyond the country of which it is the emblem, this singer of Christian origin is a star throughout the Arab world, the only undisputed heiress of the great Oum Kalsoum. It has been almost half a century that, from Algiers to Cairo via Damascus, London or New York, young or old, rich or poor, all the Arabs of blood, exile or heart have a song by Fairouz with lips . Written by FilmDoc See less