In rare appearance, Fairuz mourns son Ziad Rahbani as Lebanon bids farewell

BEIRUT — Legendary Lebanese singer Fairuz attended the funeral of her son, renowned composer and playwright, Ziad Rahbani, at a church in Bikfaya on Monday, in her first public appearance in years.

Fairuz, 90, arrived at the Church of the Dormition accompanied by her daughter Rima and parliament member Elias Abu Saab. She got out of the car to applause from the crowd, then made her way into church as “Al-Oum al-Hazina” (“I am the Grieving Mother”), a religious hymn, played in the…