Timeline of Fairuz - 1960s

1960s

1960

• Damascus International Exhibition Festival.

1961

• Damascus International Festivals and Baalbeck International Festival where she performs the musical play "Al Ba'albakiya" (The girl from Baalbeck).
• Performances in Canada, USA, Brazil and Argentina.

1962

• Fairuz performs at Royal Albert Hall in London.
• She performs the musical play "Jisr al Amar" (Bridge of the Moon) in Baalbeck.
• "Awdat al 'Askar" (The Return of the Soldiers) musical in Le Capitole Theatre, Beirut.
• Fairuz's sales pass the 10 million mark to become the first Arab female singer to achieve this number after Umm Kulthum.
• She is awarded the Order of Merit by Lebanese President Fouad Chehab.

1963

• Casino du Liban, where she performs the musical play "Al Layl wal Qandil" (The Night and the Lantern).
• Order of Cedars, awarded by Lebanese President Fouad Chehab.
• Performs in Jordan.
• Receives the Medal of Honor awarded by King Hussein of Jordan.

1964

• In the Cedars Festival, where she first sings Gibran’s "Give Me the Flute and Sing". The song establishes her as the Arab World’s most prominent name in music. She performs the musical play "Biyya'el Khawatem" (Rings for Sale).

1965

• "Biyya'el Khawatem" (Rings for Sale) is made into a movie.
• In Beiteddine International Festival.
• Fairuz makes a pilgrimage to the City of Jerusalem, and prays at churches in Jerusalem and Bethlehem.

1966

• In Kuwait. "Ayyam Fakhreddine" musical play in Baalbeck International Festival.
• In Damascus where she sings "The Bells of the Return" for the Palestinian cause.

1967

• The musical play "Hala wal Malik" (Hala and the King) in

• Piccadilly Theatre, Beirut
• Damascus International Festival
• Cedars Festival, Lebanon (she sings "Zahratal Mada'en" (A Song for Jerusalem), and Abdel Wahab's "Sakanal Layl").

• She receives the Order of Merit, First Class, awarded by President Nureddine al'Attassi, Syria.
• "Safarbarlek" (The Exile) is made into a movie.

1968

• "Bintel Haress" (The Guard's Daughter) is made into a movie.
• In Tunisia and Algeria.
• "Ach Chakhs" (The Person) musical play at the Damascus International Festival.
• She receives the Key of the Holy City, awarded by the Cultural Committee of Jerusalem.

1969

• "Ach Chakhs" (The Person) musical play in:

• Piccadilly Theatre, Beirut

• "Jibal As Sawwan" (Sawwan Mountains) musical play in:

• Baalbeck International Festival
• Damascus International Festival

• A memorial stamp featuring Fairuz is issued by the Lebanese Government.
• She records the Orthodox Great Friday Liturgy Hymns for the first time at St. George Church in Antelias. The event sets a tradition of Fairuz holding the Great Friday Funeral ceremony at a different church every year according to the Syriac/Greek/Russian Orthodox liturgy.
• Her popularity soars to new heights as her music is banned in her own country Lebanon by order of the government because she refuses to sing at the honor of the Algerian president Hawari Bou Median.