BEIRUT — On Saturday, innovative artist Ziad Rabani, the son of the school for the innovative arts and arts, passed away at the age of 69 after a fierce struggle with illness.
Ziad Rahbani was born in January 1956 to the artist’s parents Assi Rahbani and Fairuz.
The late Rabani combines music and theatrical geniuses to boldly tackle themes of identity, politics and resistance. His first literary work was published in the late 1970s at the age of 12.
He worked as a radio station and presented satire programs critical to politics, society and corruption. He is also a journalist, writing for newspapers such as Arnida, Annahar and Al Akbar, and was known for his left-wing resistance stance and his absolute and intense love for Hezbollah’s Martian Chief Saied Hassan.
The last words of Ziad Rahbani are: “Hassan Nasrara has nothing to say. When I die, I will not escape from illness, but from my grief over his loss.”
Rabani met Saeed Nasrara twice. At their first meeting, he described himself as extremely shy, full of surprise, embarrassment and shock.
At their second meeting, he said, in a harsh Southern accent, “I want to come today and be with you. I want to live with you. I want to live with you. I can pray like you (Shia Muslims) if you want.
Syed Nasrara smiled and said, “The world loves you because you are not Shia. We are people destined to be injustice. Keep Christians and you remain popular.
In one of his interviews, he argued that his mother, Fairs, loves Said Hassannasrara and “it would be Israel’s favour for them to attack Fairs in their favor” and said, “If Fairs had not been in resistance and existed, there would have been a problem between us.”
“I support Hezbollah’s choice, even if it will fight in the most distant range of the world (see Defenses from Syria 2011-2018 in the face of Takfiri extremists).” I wonder.
The late Rabani believed that the fate of Syria and Lebanon was common and that there would be no crisis in Syria if Lebanon were not affected. Rabani predicted that there will be more destruction in Syria, but an end will occur.
Hezbollah lamented Rabani’s death. “Through his art and his stance, he embodied a model of deliberate art in the service of the nation and mankind.”
Hezbollah said that Rabani “drawn in a homeland of true image, unity, dignity and coexistence that everyone dreams of. He became a source of inspiration for all free people in order to protect a fair cause.”
Hezbollah “will continue to be a preservation of hope for future generations who have thought to be drawn from the well of his art and build a free and resilient homeland with his immortal legacy,” Hezbollah asserted.
Many officials and political, social and artistic figures lamented his death. President Joseph Own said that President Rabani was “not just an artist, he is a perfect intellectual and cultural figure.” The president said, “More than that, he was a living conscience, a rebellious voice against injustice, an honest mirror of suffering and alienated. He wrote about the pain of people, playing it with a string of truth without ambiguity.”
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said, “When Ziad Rahbani dies, Lebanon will lose its highly creative artist and its free voice that remains faithful to the values of justice and dignity, embodying its deep commitment to the issues of man and the nation.”
Congress’s Navi Beli said, “The melody was sad, the lyrics were heartbreaking, and the black curtains fell into a humanitarian chapter that never died in the humanitarian chapter led by Rabni.”
Ziad Rahbani lived as a tributary of honorable and loyal fighter jets. He misused his art and fame and did not climb onto the shoulders of his people and comrades. He foreshadowed the future of imperialism and Zionist subordination, as he was an inspiring reader of the changing world of decadent art.
The late artist revealed that he repeatedly refused an invitation from the US Embassy in Beirut.
He was a Lebanese internationalist and believed that the final breath would be “even if it was possible to release Palestine, or even if it took a very long time.”
The popular front for the liberation of Palestine lamented the artist, pointing out that “he is the conscience of the living nation, is intelligent to be involved in the causes of his people, and to be with the poor and reject injustice.”
Rabani lived as an icon of cultural rebellion and a genius in a satirical political theatre. Lebanon has lost its stubborn and bold creator, the voice of the poor and the embodiment of its people’s memories. He was one of the most venerable icons of Lebanese art, thinking and humanist philosophy. He refused to compromise on the Dirham principles provided by the anti-resistance media empire of the Persian Gulf.