Prestige issue 52, September 1997
Good luck escorted me throughout my youth after I had the misfortune of losing my father in 1948 at the age of 8 years. As his eldest son, I inherited the friendships of which he was proud, and which I was later also proud. At their head president Camille Chamoun. His loyalty to the memory of my father has made him the closest friend of the family, even before he was elected president.

Prestige issue 41, October 1996
We met her in Beirut, on her return from Egypt where her voice touched the heart of crowds to the top of the pyramids. With the same gentleness, the same determination, Magida El Roumi defends her colors, the color of life, the love she sings, love, the love of others, as a committed never changing artist.