Ziad Rahbani

Acting

Ziad Rahbani

Born — Died

1956-01-01 — 2025-07-26

Place of birth

Antelias, Lebanon

Known for

Acting

Credits

22 titles

Lebanese composer, songwriter, singer, playwright, journalist and director. He began composing since he was six years old. He also composed his first song for for his mother, Fairouz, at only seventeen years old. Ever since, Ziad began working with his mother and the Rahbani family in their theatrical works at that time, then he also began writing and directing his own plays, which began to bear his own mark and his political and social views, which include (سهرية، نزل السرور، بالنسبة لبكرا شو، فيلم أمريكي طويل، شيء فاشل، بخصوص الكرامة والشعب العنيد). He's also written and composed several songs for Fairouz (البوسطة، عندي ثقة فيك، سلم لي عليه، إيه في أمل), and has taken part in several radio…

Known for

Joy Descended poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Joy Descended

1974

Alive: Music from Beirut poster
NR

The movie "Alive" by Ziad Rahbani, released in the early nineties, includes various video concerts that were held in the late eighties, after the release of "Relative Calm" CD.

Alive: Music from Beirut

1991

Whispers poster
5.5

At every station, between sites filled with poetry and nostalgia for a bygone era, the poet's dashed dreams and idealized vision of her country coincide with the director's own.

Whispers

1980

Nahla poster
7.0

After the battle of Kfar Chouba in Lebanon in January 1975, Larbi Nasri, a young Algerian journalist, was caught in the whirlwind of events preceding the civil war. Linked to Maha, Hind, Raouf and Michel who surround Nahla, he witnesses the construction of the myth of Nahla, a singer adored by the Arab population. One day Nahla loses her voice on stage. The atmosphere of crisis that reigns around her is spreading like an infection. Larbi, fascinated, loses his footing and gets bogged down.

Nahla

1979

If it weren't for the space of hope poster
NR

Continuing the events regarding dignity and the stubborn people, and the officer's control over the area where the events take place in southern Lebanon, led by an advisory council with crazy laws.

If it weren't for the space of hope

1995

Sahriye poster
NR

In this 1973 theatrical production, written by Ziad Rahbani and directed by Nicholas Abu Samah, the story unfolds in a humble Lebanese village café in search of a new singer. Set entirely within Ahwet Nakhlet el Tineen (Dragon Palm Café), run by the proud owner and performer Nakhle, the play follows his quest to replace himself as the café's main attraction. After a failed audition process, a talented newcomer (Marwan Mahfouz) arrives with a captivating voice. Fearing his daughter Yasmeen's (Georgette Sayegh) growing affection for the young singer, Nakhle initially refuses to let him perform—until a change of heart alters the course of all their lives. The play is celebrated for its iconic musical numbers, including classics like "Ya Bint El Ma'awan" and "Nattarni."

Sahriye

1973

Film credits

1970s · 3 titles

Behind the camera

Joy Descended poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Joy Descended

1974

Joy Descended poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Joy Descended

1974

If it weren't for the space of hope poster
NR

Continuing the events regarding dignity and the stubborn people, and the officer's control over the area where the events take place in southern Lebanon, led by an advisory council with crazy laws.

If it weren't for the space of hope

1995

If it weren't for the space of hope poster
NR

Continuing the events regarding dignity and the stubborn people, and the officer's control over the area where the events take place in southern Lebanon, led by an advisory council with crazy laws.

If it weren't for the space of hope

1995

Sahriye poster
NR

In this 1973 theatrical production, written by Ziad Rahbani and directed by Nicholas Abu Samah, the story unfolds in a humble Lebanese village café in search of a new singer. Set entirely within Ahwet Nakhlet el Tineen (Dragon Palm Café), run by the proud owner and performer Nakhle, the play follows his quest to replace himself as the café's main attraction. After a failed audition process, a talented newcomer (Marwan Mahfouz) arrives with a captivating voice. Fearing his daughter Yasmeen's (Georgette Sayegh) growing affection for the young singer, Nakhle initially refuses to let him perform—until a change of heart alters the course of all their lives. The play is celebrated for its iconic musical numbers, including classics like "Ya Bint El Ma'awan" and "Nattarni."

Sahriye

1973

What About Tomorrow? poster
10.0

Zakaria and Soraya, a married couple, decide to move to live in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, in order to improve their living conditions, and they join work in a bar in Hamra Street, which accepts the various segments of Lebanese society, which forces them to make many concessions in order to achieve the desired social advancement.

What About Tomorrow?

1978

What About Tomorrow? poster
10.0

Zakaria and Soraya, a married couple, decide to move to live in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, in order to improve their living conditions, and they join work in a bar in Hamra Street, which accepts the various segments of Lebanese society, which forces them to make many concessions in order to achieve the desired social advancement.

What About Tomorrow?

1978

Regarding dignity and stubborn people poster
10.0

The events highlighted the resilience of the people of southern Lebanon in the face of any assault on their dignity, revealing how the enemy confronted a fierce opponent united in all its movements, currents, and factions.

Regarding dignity and stubborn people

1993

Regarding dignity and stubborn people poster
10.0

The events highlighted the resilience of the people of southern Lebanon in the face of any assault on their dignity, revealing how the enemy confronted a fierce opponent united in all its movements, currents, and factions.

Regarding dignity and stubborn people

1993

Houdou Nisbi poster
NR

A trip with Ziad Rahbani and his team into the making of "Houdou Nisbi".

Houdou Nisbi

1985

American Motion Picture poster
10.0

During the early years of the Lebanese civil war inside a mental hospital located in West Beirut, we met seven patients and two drug addicts inside the walls of this hospital who suffer from severe cases, some of which came as a direct result of what happened during the war.

American Motion Picture

1980

American Motion Picture poster
10.0

During the early years of the Lebanese civil war inside a mental hospital located in West Beirut, we met seven patients and two drug addicts inside the walls of this hospital who suffer from severe cases, some of which came as a direct result of what happened during the war.

American Motion Picture

1980