Timeline of Fairuz - 1935-1950s

1935-1950s

1935

• November 21, Nouhad Haddad is born in 'Jabal Al Arz' village, Lebanon to Wadi Haddad (from Mardin, Ottoman Empire) and Lisa El Boustani.

1946

• Mohammad Fleifel (oriental music teacher) notices young Nouhad's talents. She becomes his student at the Conservatoire Libanais.

1949

• First song, composed by Assi Rahbani and written by Moukarzel, "Ghouroub" (Sunset).

1952

• November, her first huge success, "Itab" (Reproaches), a song composed by the Rahbani brothers. Fairuz becomes a major artistic figure in the Middle-East.

1955

• January 23, Fairuz marries Assi Rahbani.

1957

• Fairuz faces an audience for the first time during the show "Ayyam Al Hassad" (Days of Harvest) where she sings "Lebnan Ya Akhdar Helou" (Lebanon the Beautiful Green) in the Baalbeck International Festival.
• Awarded "Cavalier" Order Medal of Honor by Lebanese President Camille Chamoun.
• The Rahbanis turn down a request for Fairuz to sing at the presidential palace at the honor of the Shah of Iran, who is visiting at that time.

1959

• Baalbeck International Festival, where she performs "Al 'Urs Fil Qarya" (The Wedding in the Village) .
• First appearance in Damascus International Festival.