[Auto-translated content] The Director General of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization, His Excellency Professor Dr. Mohamed Ould Omar, mourns the great artist: Ziad Rahbani, who passed away on Saturday, July 26. 2025 With this great loss, His Excellency the Director General comes forward. To the Lebanese people and the artistic family in the Arab countries, my deepest condolences and sympathy. Ziad Rahbani, an icon who filled the artistic scene with the most beautiful creations, was a joy and had an exceptional career that left a deep mark on our cultural conscience: “Ziyad Rahbani was not just an artist, but rather an integrated intellectual and cultural state. Al-Hadef and his music, burning with extreme creativity, Rahbani presented a unique artistic vision and opened new windows in Lebanese cultural expression that reached the international level.”