Osama Rahbani: Lebanon lacks leaders with a vision backed by art

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. added Rahbani In an exclusive interview with "Sky News Arabia": "I mean here cumulatively the way people live. We lack leaders who have a comprehensive vision supported by culture and art, and it is unfortunate that among all those who were nominated for the House of Representatives We can’t find anyone who has this vision".

He continued: "We are the people ofto art Creativity has carried the face of Lebanon abroad since it gained its independence at the hands of men of media, culture and literature. I hope that colleagues in the field of culture will be able to establish similar works.".

Rahbani said: "There are those who were surprised by the idea of ​​free attendance to the musical evening, but we challenged it to set up a night of hope in Beirut so that the majority of the middle class, staff and students could attend".

On financing the evening, he said: "We provided a joint cooperation with the artist Heba Tawaji and her husband, the international Lebanese artist Ibrahim Maalouf, in addition to our relationships and the name that we carry, which is a source of trust for many people, as well as a group of other contributors and friends.".

Regarding the choice of location, Al-Rahbani said: "It has a special symbolism because it was damaged by the explosion of the port of Beirut, and this is its first opening after its restoration".

Little that evening "good night" Held in an exhibition hall "Forum de Beirut"a few meters from the site of the harbor explosion, marked the reopening of the exhibition for the first time since the explosion on August 4, 2020.

The actress said Heba Tawaji Who made the evening: "Ibrahim and Osama and I previously gave a similar party in France, but our presence in the city that was destroyed by the explosion, specifically from the Forum de Beirut, is a message of continuity, meaning: We will stay here.".

Attending the concert, whose tunes resounded throughout the capital, was free, and carried the slogan "revolution" On the tragic situation in which the Lebanese are living, dedicated to "Resistance to all difficulties, through culture, art, singing, and the call to continue and overcome difficulties".

In the midst of a heavy attendance of nearly 5,000 people who filled the hall, they went to Beirut from everywhere and interacted with the evening that brought them back a glimmer of hope. Diplomatic, artistic, social, media and cultural figures came forward.

The evening began with a touching scene represented by the distinctive gesture towards the families of the victims of the Beirut Port explosion, by showing a short video reminiscent of the disaster, and stressing the need to reach the full truth, after which Heba Tawaji rose to the stage amid the applause of the audience, and opened the event with a song "I need to change the system"as a direct gesture dedicated a song "And the lives of those who have gone" For the lives of the victims of the August 4 explosion.

The evening, which the Lebanese watched on local television, participated in, the music composer Ibrahim Al-Maalouf, with a special view of the Lebanese singer Elissa, who presented a patriotic song composed by Osama Rahbani and written by Kamal Kobeisy.

I also provided Elisa With Tawaji, greetings to the spirit of the Rahbani brothers, Mansour, Assi and Elias Rahbani, knowing that the latter died last year after being infected with the Corona virus.

Elissa said to the site "Sky News Arabia": "It is an evening of hope for Lebanon. And the performance of the artist Heba Tawaji was outstanding"And I thanked Osama Rahbani for "This is a distinguished national work".

The evening included artistic paintings that embodied the Lebanese political and economic reality, criticized the political authority that brought Lebanon to what it is, and embodied the migration of the Lebanese and the suffering of the people in their daily lives.

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. added Rahbani In an exclusive interview with “Sky News Arabia”: “I mean here by cumulative the way people live. We lack leaders who have a comprehensive vision supported by culture and art, and it is unfortunate that among all those who nominated for the House of Representatives We don’t find anyone with this vision.”

He continued, “We are the people ofto art Creativity has carried Lebanon’s face abroad since it gained its independence at the hands of men of media, culture and literature, and I hope that colleagues in the field of culture will be able to establish similar works.”

Al-Rahbani said, “There are those who were surprised by the idea of ​​free attendance at the musical evening, but we challenged that to set up a night of hope in Beirut so that the majority of the middle class, employees and students could attend.”

On financing the evening, he said: “We presented a joint cooperation between the artist Heba Tawaji and her husband, the international Lebanese artist Ibrahim Maalouf, in addition to our relationships and the name we carry, which is a source of trust for many people, as well as a group of other shareholders and friends.”

Regarding the choice of the place, Rahbani said: “It has a special symbolism because it was damaged by the explosion of the Port of Beirut, and this is its first opening after its restoration.”

It is noteworthy that the “Night of Hope” was held in the Forum de Beirut exhibition hall, a few meters from the site of the harbor explosion, marking the reopening of the exhibition for the first time since the explosion on August 4, 2020.

The actress said Heba Tawaji Which revived the evening: “Osama, Ibrahim and I previously gave a similar party in France, but our presence in the city that was destroyed by the explosion, specifically from the Forum de Beirut, is a message of continuity, and its meaning: We will stay here.”

Attending the concert, whose tunes resounded throughout the capital, was free, and carried the slogan “the revolution” on the tragic situation in which the Lebanese are living, dedicating “resistance to all difficulties, through culture, art, singing, and the call to continue and overcome difficulties.”

In the midst of a heavy attendance of nearly 5,000 people who filled the hall, they went to Beirut from everywhere and interacted with the evening that brought them back a glimmer of hope. Diplomatic, artistic, social, media and cultural figures came forward.

The evening began with a touching scene represented by the special attention towards the families of the victims of the Beirut Port explosion, through the presentation of a short video reminding of the disaster, and stressing the need to reach the full truth, after which Heba Tawaji rose to the stage amid the applause of the audience, and opened the event with the song “You must change the system”, She also dedicated, with a direct gesture, the song “Wahyat Elly Rahwa” to the souls of the victims of the August 4th explosion.

The evening, which the Lebanese watched on local television, participated in, the music composer Ibrahim Al-Maalouf, with a special view of the Lebanese singer Elissa, who presented a patriotic song composed by Osama Rahbani and written by Kamal Kobeisy.

I also provided Elisa With Tawaji, greetings to the spirit of the Rahbani brothers, Mansour, Assi and Elias Rahbani, knowing that the latter died last year after being infected with the Corona virus.

Elissa told Sky News Arabia: “It is an evening of hope for Lebanon. The performance of the artist Heba Tawaji was outstanding,” and she thanked Osama Rahbani for “this distinguished national work.”

The evening included artistic paintings that embodied the Lebanese political and economic reality, criticized the political authority that brought Lebanon to what it is, and embodied the migration of the Lebanese and the suffering of the people in their daily lives.

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