Fairuz, singer

WHY HER ? « ON AUGUST 4, 2020, THE DAY OF THE EXPLOSION IN THE PORT OF BEIRUT, A DAY OF NIGHTMARE, STUPOR AND ASTONISHMENT, THE VOICE OF FAIRUZ RESOUNDED AS NEVER BEFORE IN MY HEART. »

No wonder Mouna Rebeiz chose as her muse Fairuz, one of the most famous singers in the Arab world who, since the 1950s - she is now 85 years old - has never stopped singing about her love for her country. During the Lebanese civil war, between 1975 and 1990, for fear of being recaptured by one of the camps, she fell silent, becoming through this long silence a symbol of peace and unity. "Only the breath of Fairuz gathers all Lebanese," says Mouna Rebeiz.

By Mouna Rebeiz

L’artiste libanaise Mouna Rebeiz a plongé dans la peinture après sa rencontre avec Alix de la Source, spécialiste de la peinture des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Pendant dix ans, elle suivra son enseignement, étudiant les techniques des grands maîtres, avant de se lancer dans la peinture abstraite pour peindre la musique et tenter de la restituer sur la toile. Elle fustige l’ère du trash, de la vitesse, de l’instantané qui anéantit le sens, et affirme que « lorsque les mots n’ont plus rien à dire, c’est à l’art de prendre la relève ».

CAUSE : SAFE WORLD PEACE FOR LEBANON, which notably helps the victims of the explosion of August 4, 2020, in Beirut.