Timeline of Fairuz - 2000-Present

2000-Present

2000

• Twice at the Beiteddine International Festival.

2001

• In Dubai.
• In Kuwait.
• In Switzerland.
• In Beiteddine.

2002

• In Dubai where she dedicates the event to the Intifada.
• At St. George church, Achrafieh for the Orthodox Great Friday Funeral Ritual.
• In Paris. Well over 2,000 attend the Pleyel theatre.
• In Beiteddine. Fairuz performs for the first time without her son Ziad.

2003

• In Dubai, where she first sings "Small Thing" and "He’s a Loss".
• At the St. Georgeos Church in Downtown Beirut for the Orthodox Great Friday Funeral Ritual.
• In Doha, Qatar.
• Beiteddine International Festival where she sings new songs for the first time since release of her Wala Kif CD.
• Third major multi-state US tour since the 1980s, and announcement of a new CD release by 2004 (however, the CD is still not yet released).

• October 11, Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Connecticut
• October 18, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
• October 23, Fox Theatre, Detroit, Michigan

• Fairuz blocks the release of "We Loved Each Other so Much" in Lebanon. A documentary made by Dutch director Jack Janssen talks about thin Lebanon times of both economic growth and luxury and fall into bloody chaos when Fairuz’s voice remained the only ray of hope. The movie is screened at several festivals around the world but not inside Lebanon.

2004

• Fairuz is at the Church of St. Elias, al Kantari, in Beirut. An Orthodox Great Friday mass is held in the middle-sized Maronite church. Well over 2,000 people crowd the inside and about 3,000 camp outside.
• September: First appearance in 2004 at the University Arena in Jordan; the tickets sold out in 1 day and well over 6,500 attended the event.
• December 12: Tickets sell out completely for 2 venues in Montreal, Canada for February 13 and 14, 2005.

2005

• February 12–13: At the 2 biggest venues in Canada, 6,000 attend the first concert and 11,000 the second concert a night later. It was her first concert in Canada in 24 years, since her Legend and Legacy Tour in 1981.
• Fairuz declines to perform the Western Great Friday Funeral Mass due to returned civil unrest in the country that followed the assassination of the former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri a month earlier. The only statement her media office released to the press was "I will not sing to a divided people."
• April 5: A Gulf-based business magazine conducts a poll about the Arab World’s most powerful singers and she is at second place with a fortune worth $36.9 million, an artistic archive of plays, concert performances, and photos worth an estimated $20.8 million, and a music back catalog worth an estimated $30 million.
• April 29: Fairuz holds the Eastern Orthodox Great Friday Funeral Mass at the Muhaidseh church in the town of . Thousands crowd outside the full church. The mass lasts 45 minutes and the crowds cheer loudly for almost 15 minutes. For the third time in the history of the Orthodox Church three more hymns are enrolled into the Russian Orthodox liturgy. "Al Aodiya al’Oula" (The First Valleys), "Al Aodiya al Tasi’aa" (The Nine Valleys), and "Sabbihu al'Rabb" (Bless the Lord).
• June 25: Fairuz is awarded an honorary doctorate degree at the American University of Beirut) (AUB) during its annual graduation ceremony. It is the first time a vocalist has been awarded such a high honour, usually granted to avant garde scientists, politicians, and laureates.

2006

• March 1: Official announcement that Fairuz will be holding two concerts at the Baalbeck International Festival during the summer of 2006.
• March 20: Official announcement of Fairuz holding a charity concert at UAE, at the American University of Dubai for the Autism Center. The concert is scheduled for March 30, 2006.
• March 30: Fairuz sings in the American University theatre in Dubai. She sang "Zourouni" (Visit Me) for the first time since her Las Vegas concert in 1999. The starring songs of the show are "Aam Yelaabo el Wlad" (The Children Are Playing) which is sung for the first time on a stage, "Ya Rayt" (I Wish) which was last sung in 1960, "Ehkili Ehkili" (Tell Me, Tell Me) which is a Lebanese patriotic song and finally "Hamra Stayhatik" (Your Roofs Are Red) which is one of her late husband's masterpieces during the 1960s and was sung on stage for the first time in 2004.
• May 18: Fairuz sings in the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The concert consists mainly of oldies.
• July: Fairuz is due to sing at the Baalbeck International Festival. She is to perform one of her old plays; "Sah Ennawm" (Did You Sleep Well?), the comic musical play, in a new version written by her son Ziad. She last performed this play more than 30 years ago in both Beirut and Damascus. The show is planned to start on 13 July for 4 days and it will be performed on a special stage between the two Roman temples in Baalbeck.

• July 12: a free performance of Sah Ennawm is delivered to Baalbeck's residents.

• July 13: Cancellation of the four performances in Baalbeck due to the war in Lebanon.

• August 2: Fairouz donates $750,000 for the aid of the 1.2 million refugees who were left homeless and stranded after the escalation of the war.

• December 1–3: Fairuz performs "Sah Ennawm" (Did You Sleep Well?) operetta at BIEL's theatre in downtown Beirut, with more than 6,500 people present each night, amid growing political and religious tensions in Lebanon.

2007

• February: Fairouz was scheduled to perform on June 30 at the Chateau de Versailles in France. Three days after the announcement the performance is cancelled.

• April: Fairouz releases a video of "Al Massih Kam" (Christ Has Risen) for the Orthodox Good Friday. The video was shot in Batroun Valley. Everyone is dressed in black, she stands on a high rock, surrounded by the choir and musicians scattered across the hill below, with fog surrounding them.

• July: Fayrouz broke another record by being the first Lebanese, and artist from the Arab World to perform in Greece, at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, to a sold out venue filled with 9,000 people.

• November: Fairouz performs "Sah Ennawm" on November 2 November 3 in Amman, Jordan.

2008

• January: Fairouz performs "Sah Ennawm" on January 28 through February 5 for eight consecutive nights at the Opera House in Damascus, Syria. The show was supposed to last for 6 days, 2 days were added to the schedule because of the tremendous demand of the Syrians. The last day was devoted to the youth, only people in the age range of 8 - 26 were allowed in with ticket pricing 1000SL (approximately $11), next day's headlines stated "Fairouz bows longest to the youth and children. The show was very successful despite the controversy storm that Fairouz should not go to perform in Syria, as most politician in Lebanon mdly raved. Her office stated no comment, a message that she still remains above all political and antagonistic sympathies towards any people...

• March: Fairouz performs in Bahrain on 12, March for a 1800 audience, tickets went on sale in the first week of March, 1700 tickets were sold in 30 minutes after release breaking a new record. The concert was a complete success which consisted of a mix of oldies and new songs, "wata eddowwar" song which was never performed on stage before was the star of the show.

• April 25, 2008: After 2 years absence, Fairouz holds the Orthodox Good Friday mass at St Elias Church, Msaytbeh, in Beirut. The event was totally unannounced in advance and Fairouz's sudden, unexpected appearance at the church prompted hundreds of people to flock from all over the capitol the moment news spread. The mass lasted 45 minutes and is said to be one other outstanding Good Friday prayer to add.

• May 2008: Fairouz performs "Sah Ennawm" on May 2 May 6 in Sharjah UAE. All shows were sold out.

• June 2008: Fayrouz Live in Dubai 2001 DVD was released. The DVD features Rehearsals from 2001 and 2002 in Dubai. The DVD also features a small performance segment from 1997 and her final exits from 2002.

2009

• April 3, 2009: Ziad Rahbani, Fairouz's son, files a lawsuit with the Lebanese civil supreme court denying his fatherhood to Assi Rahbani Jr., aged 25, asking he be stripped of the famous Rahbani family name, and be dropped off all legal records relating to the family.

• April 17: Instead of holding prayers at a church like every year, a video is released to all major media outlets and TV channels featuring Fairouz, alone in an ancient monastery chanting the Good Friday prayers. The video is unique for its exquisite content, the ancient church with its walls of religious murals and iconography, and the Eastern Orthodox liturgy chanted by Fairouz with her breathtaking voice.