Timeline of Fairuz - 1970s

1970s

1970

• Brazil, and Argentina.
• "Ya’eesh Ya’eesh" (Long Live Long Live) musical play at the Piccadilly Theatre, Beirut
• She receives the Legion of Honour awarded by Lebanese President Suleiman Frangieh.
• "Sah Ennawm" (Did you Sleep Well?) musical play at the Damascus International Festival.

1971

• "Sah Ennawm" (Did you Sleep Well?) musical play at the Piccadilly Theatre, Beirut
• A sold out 11 city tour in the United States, Canada and Mexico, during which she sings selections from "Nass min Wara".

• Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York
• Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
• Place des Arts, Montreal, Canada
• Ford Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan
• Masonic Auditorium, Chicago, Illinois
• Orchestra Symphony Hall, Chicago, Illinois
• Music Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
• Carnegie Hall Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Jesse H. Jones Hall, Houston, Texas
• Memorial Art Symphony Hall, Atlanta, Georgia
• Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
• Masonic Memorial Temple, San Francisco, California
• Lebanese Syrian Center, Mexico City, Mexico

• Release of 'Fairuz in America' a documentary about her tour, produced by Parker and Associates. The documentary becomes TV’s highest rated show in the Arab World.
• "Nass min Wara" (People Made out of Paper) musical play in Damascus International Festival.

1972

• "Nass min Wara" (People Made out of Paper) musical play at the Piccadilly Theatre, Beirut
• "Naturet Elmafateeh" (The Guardian of the Keys) musical play at

• Baalbeck International Festival
• Damascus International Festival

• September 26, Assi Rahbani suffers a severe brain hemorrhage that leaves him half-paralyzed.

1973

• Ziad Rahbani, the Rahbanis' eldest son, composes the first song for his mother titled "Saalouni Nnas" (The People Asked Me), in the musical play "Al Mahatta" (The Station) performed at

• Piccadilly Theatre, Beirut
• Damascus International Festival

• "Qasidet Hub" (A Poem of Love) at

• Baalbeck International Festival (Last appearance until 1998)
• Damascus International Festival.

1974

• "Loulou" musical play at

• Piccadilly Theatre, Beirut
• Damascus International Festival

• In the Kingdom of Oman.

1975

• In Baghdad, Iraq.
• In Morocco, where the king of Morocco attends at the Capitol’s Stadium, an exception to the tradition that artists perform at the royal palace’s auditorium.
• In Amman, Jordan.
• She receives the Gold Medal of Honour awarded by King Hussein, Jordan
• "Mais Elreem" musical play in:

• Piccadilly Theatre, Beirut
• Damascus International Festival

• Fairuz refuses to sing at the honour of the Shah of Iran in the prestigious Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut during his visit to Lebanon.

1976

• In Damascus International Festival, where she sings for the first time "Bhebbak ya Lebnan" (Lebanon I Love You).
• In Cairo, Egypt. The biggest crowd on a stage ever since Oum Koulthoum sang there 12 years before. Both singers drew nearly 4,500 people inside, and well over 15,000 crowded outside. The area had to be blocked off for security.

1977

• Good Friday prayers held in Sidnaya Holy shrine in Syria. The Holy Seraphim Monastery is opened for the first time in 150 years for Fairouz to pray in. The area is shut down one week before the event for security reasons as about 1,600 people camp around the premises. About 6,500 people attend the event and for the first time she sings "La Tanouhi" (Don't Weep).

1977–1978

• Her last musical play, "Petra", performed in:

• Amman Roman amphitheater
• Damascus International Festival (Last appearance)
• Piccadilly Theatre, Beirut (Last appearance)
• Casino du Liban

1978

• In the London Palladium, where she first sings "The Bus"; her last appearance with Nasri Shamseddine.

1979

• In Al'Sharika in the UAE.
• In the Olympia Stadium, Paris. She first sings "Sakkarouch Chaware" (They Closed the Streets), referring to the destruction in Beirut. One week later the PLO-Lebanese Phalange war expands to become a civil war between the Lebanese Christian Phalange and the Islamic Extremist Movements. It is also the last concert with husband Assi Rahbani before their separation. Fairuz's total sales pass the 20 million for the decade of the 1970s.
• Rehearsals in Baalbeck for "Elissa", a musical play. It is never presented due to the separation of Assi and Fairuz.
• Arab media goes into shock as the separation between Fairuz and husband Assi is officially announced. Ziad takes over the reins of his mother’s musical career as composer and artistic manager.