Rahbani brothers

Coming originally from Rahbeh, a small town in the north of Lebanon, the Rahbani Brothers were not involved in music aside from the reading that their parents made sure they had.

While working as police officers in Beirut, Mansour and Assi started at the radio channel as paperboys, dealing with the music sheets and lyrical editing.

The trio released about 50 songs in the following three years and found it more convenient to split from the channel and work on their own without the employment restrictions.

Both of the Rahbani Brothers composed and both of them wrote lyrics as they always clarified in interviews and as attested by their family members as well as by artists who collaborated and worked with them.

The musicals mostly focused on village life, the innocence of growing up, the problems of love, parental care, and the mischief of youth.

Georgette Sayegh, Najat Al Saghira, Sabah, Wadih El Safi, Ronza, Fadia Tanb El-Hage, and Huda, Fairuz's younger sister were the most prominent of the Rahbani Brothers' proteges.

Ziad Rahbani, the eldest son of Fairuz and Assi, at age 16, composed music for the song Saaloui n'Nass (The People Asked Me),[4] which pays homage to Assi and talks about his absence and the song was included in the musical Al Mahatta (المحطة),[5] which was being prepped at the time.

After the Lebanese Civil War erupted, the brothers continued to use political satire and sharp criticism in their plays.