NYT > World News Ziad Rahbani, Composer Who Defined a Tragic Era in Lebanon, Dies at 69 Par :Vivian Yee · Hwaida Saad and Dayana Iwaza 27 juillet 2025 à 15:09 A son of Lebanese musical icons, Mr. Rahbani became one himself, with satirical critiques of his country’s dysfunction that melded Arab and Western music. © Mahmoud Zayyat/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesZiad Rahbani performing at a concert entitled “For Gaza” in the southern Lebanese port-city of Sidon in 2014.