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"Index". Resisting the Dehumanization of Refugees, edited by Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Michael Frishkopf, Anna Kirova and Resa Hasmath, Athabasca: Athabasca University Press, 2024, pp. 397-409. https://doi.org/10.15215/aupress/9781771994101.021

(2024). Index. In Y. Abu-Laban, M. Frishkopf, A. Kirova & R. Hasmath (Ed.), Resisting the Dehumanization of Refugees (pp. 397-409). Athabasca: Athabasca University Press. https://doi.org/10.15215/aupress/9781771994101.021

2024. Index. In: Abu-Laban, Y., Frishkopf, M., Kirova, A. and Hasmath, R. ed. Resisting the Dehumanization of Refugees. Athabasca: Athabasca University Press, pp. 397-409. https://doi.org/10.15215/aupress/9781771994101.021

"Index" In Resisting the Dehumanization of Refugees edited by Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Michael Frishkopf, Anna Kirova and Resa Hasmath, 397-409. Athabasca: Athabasca University Press, 2024. https://doi.org/10.15215/aupress/9781771994101.021

Index. In: Abu-Laban Y, Frishkopf M, Kirova A, Hasmath R (ed.) Resisting the Dehumanization of Refugees. Athabasca: Athabasca University Press; 2024. p.397-409. https://doi.org/10.15215/aupress/9781771994101.021

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Nouhad Wadi Haddad (Arabic: نهاد حداد‎) (born November 21, 1935), famously known as Fairuz (Arabic: فيروز‎, also spelled Fairouz or Fayrouz, meaning "Turquoise") is a Lebanese singer who is widely considered to be the most famous living singer in the Arab world and one of the best known of all time. Her songs are constantly heard throughout the region, and still spark Lebanese national pride.

She was first noticed at the International Festival of Baalbek, where she performed many of her songs. She became famous after appearing on the "Lebanese Nights" part of the festival for many successive years. Fairuz is commonly known as "Ambassador to the Stars" and "Neighbor to the Moon".

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1935-1950s - The early years

See Timeline of Fairuz. Nouhad Haddad was born on 21 November 1935 in Jabal al Arz, Lebanon into a Syriac-Maronite family. The family later moved into a home in cobblestone alley called 'Zuqaq el Blatt' in Beirut. Living in a single room of a typical Lebanese stone house facing Beirut's Patriarchate school, they shared a kitchen with the neighbours. Her father Wadīʿ was from Mardin and of the Syriac Orthodox faith, and worked as a typesetter in a print shop. Lisa, her mother, stayed home and took care of her four children, Nouhad, Youssef, Hoda and Amal.

Nouhad was a shy child and did not have many friends at school. However, she was very attached to her grandmother who lived in Debbieh (Shuf area), where Nouhad used to spend her summer holidays. Nouhad seemed to enjoy the rural village life. During the day, Nouhad would help her grandmother with house chores and fetch fresh water from a nearby water spring. She would sing all the way to the spring and back. In the evening, Nouhad would sit by the candlelight with her grandmother, who would tell her stories.

By the age of ten, Nouhad was already known at school f

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Con fli c t Graffit i

Conflict Graffiti From Revolution to Gentrification

John Lennon The University of Chicago Press Chicago and London

Publication of this book has been aided by a grant from the Neil Harris Endowment Fund, which honors the innovative scholarship of Neil Harris, the Preston and Sterling Morton Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Chicago. The fund is supported by contributions from the students, colleagues, and friends of Neil Harris. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © 2021 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations in critical articles and reviews. For more information, contact the University of Chicago Press, 1427 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637. Published 2021 Printed in the United States of America 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21  1 2 3 4 5 ISBN-­13: 978-­0 -­226-­81566-­4 (cloth) ISBN-­13: 978-­0 -­226-­81569-­5 (paper) ISBN-­13: 978-­0 -­226-­81567-­1 (e-­book) DOI: https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226815671.001.0001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Lennon, John, 1975– author. Title: Conflict graffiti : from revolution to gentrification / John Lennon. Description: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2021. | Includes index. Identifiers: LCCN 2021021310 | ISBN 9780226815664 (cloth) | ISBN 9780226815695 (paperback) | ISBN 9780226815671 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Graffiti—Social aspects. | Graffiti—Political aspects. | Art and social conflict. | Political art. Classification: LCC GT3912 .L46 2021 | DDC 751.7/3—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021021310 ♾ This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-­1992 (Permanence of Paper).

CONTENTS Preface vii an introduction to conflict graff

FAIRUZ (‫)ﻓﯾروز‬ 3asfourat Al-Sharq (the Bird of the East) Jaarat Al-Qamar (The Moon’s Neighbor) Arzat Lubnan (Cedar of Lebanon) Safirat al-nujum (Ambassador to the Stars) Area: 4,036 sq mi Population (2022 estimate): 5,296,814 Capital: Beirut Official Language: Arabic Government: Unitary parliamentary republic with confessionalism President: Vacant Prime Minister: Najib Mikati Speaker of the Parliament: Nabih Berri Legislature: Parliament Independence Day: November 22, 1943 commemorating the end of French control after 23 years of Mandate rule Fairuz ‫ﻓﯾروز‬ 3asfourat Al-Sharq (the Bird of the East) Jaarat Al-Qamar (The Moon’s Neighbor) Arzat Lubnan (Cedar of Lebanon) Safirat al-nujum (Ambassador to the Stars) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FAIRUZ SONG? Fairuz: Personal Biography ‫ اﻟﺳﯾرة اﻟذاﺗﯾﺔ‬:‫ﻓﯾروز‬ ● ● ● ● ● Fairuz, born Nouhad Wadie' Haddad on November 21, 1934, grew up in a one-bedroom home in Beirut with her parents and three siblings, sharing a kitchen with other families. She grew up listening to her neighbor's radio and singing along. At 14, she joined her school choir and caught the attention of musician Mohammed Flayfel, who encouraged her to pursue a musical career. While working at a Lebanese Radio Station, she adopted the stage name Fairuz, meaning turquoise, given by Halim el Roumi who had discovered her. The rising star met her husband, fellow singer Assi Rahbani, at the radio station. The two got married on January 23, 1955, and had four children together. Fairuz’s children (pic): Ziyad (b. 1956), who became a famous musician in his own right and worked with his mother in his adult years, Layal (d. 1987), Hali (paralyzed from childhood after meningitis), and Rima (b. 1960). Fairuz and the Rahbani Brothers: Assi & Mansour Assi (1923-1986), his brother Mansour (1925-2009) and Fairuz collaborated for 3 decades, starting with began with songs they performed on Radio Lebanon and Radio Damascus in the 19