What is Fairuz?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Fairuz <br> فيروز | image = Fairuz_in_btd_concert_2001.jpg | caption = Fairuz performing at a [[concert]] in July 2001. | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Nouhad Wadi Haddad | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|11|21}} | death_date = | origin = [[Lebanon]] | occupation = Singer | years_active = 1950–present | website = http://www.fairouz.com | current_members = | notable_instruments = | genre = [[Arabic Music]]<br />[[Lebanese Music]] | birth_place = [[Beirut]], [[Lebanese Republic]] | spouse = [[Aassi Rahbani]] | Children = <!-- 4 ([[Ziad Rahbani|Ziad]], Layal, Hali and Rima) --> }} '''Fairuz''' (born '''Nouhad Haddad''' ({{lang-ar|نهاد حداد}}, [[November 21]], [[1935|1934]]) is a [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] [[singer]]. She is considered among the best singers in [[Arab world]]. She has been performing for over 50 years all over the [[earth|world]]. Her vocal range is [[contralto]]. Her first [[album]] was released in 1952. She has released 98 more albums since then. ==Early Life== [[File:Fayrouz_LB.jpg|alt=Fayrouz_LB|center|thumb|288x288px|Fairuz in 1945]] Nuhad Haddad was born in 1935 in [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] to a [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] [[Christian]] [[Maronite Church|Maronite]] family. She was the eldest child in the family. Her father worked as a [[wikt:typesetter|typesetter]] at a [[Printing|print]] shop.<ref>{{Cite news|last=MacFarquhar|first=Neil|date=1999-05-18|title=This Pop Diva Wows 'Em In Arabic|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/18/arts/this-pop-diva-wows-em-in-arabic.html|access-date=19 October 2023|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 1940's, [[Mohammed Flayfel]], a [[musician]] and a teacher at the [[Conservatoire Libanais|Lebanese Conservatory]], discovered her when he was searching different schools for singers to perform in a newly opened [[radio station]]. He attended a show at the school where Nuhad