The Lebanese Cabinet approved, on Tuesday, to amend the name of the street that extends from the airport road towards the Salim Salam tunnel from “Hafez Al -Assad Avenue” to “Ziyad Rahbani Avenue” in honor of the late musician and theatrical.
The Lebanese Minister of Information, Paul Morcos, said after the cabinet meeting, on Tuesday, President Joseph Aoun who submitted a request to the Council with this amendment, noting that the Council asked the Minister of Interior to complete the necessary procedures in this regard.
After the death of Al -Rahbani on July 26, activists and intellectuals launched a social media campaign to launch his name on a street in Al -Hamra, in which he lived for years.
His mother, the artist Fayrouz, bid him farewell at a touching funeral, in which representatives of all sects and affiliations participated in Lebanon, and attended by the President’s wife.
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced on the same funeral day the tradition of the National Cedar Medal from the rank of Commando.
