Legendary Arab singer Fairuz, whose ballads have told of love, her native Lebanon and the Palestinian cause, turned 90 on Thursday as her conflict-weary country is wracked by the Israel-Hezbollah war.

Legendary Arab singer Fairuz, whose ballads have told of love, her native Lebanon and the Palestinian cause, turned 90 on Thursday as her conflict-weary country is wracked by the Israel-Hezbollah war.

Lebanese diva Fairouz, one of the Arab world's most beloved singers, turned 80 on Friday. Fairouz was born Nihad Wadie Haddad to a poor family in Zuqaq el-Balatt neighborhood in Beirut in 1935.

After being introduced to the music of famous Arabic singer Fairuz by her grandmother, Samoan-Australian Kayla Fasavalu chose one of her songs to perform at a community concert recently.