Lebanon bade farewell to renowned playwright Raymond Gebara on Friday in a funeral service held in the latter’s hometown of Qornet Chahwan.
Prayers were held at the Church of the Apostles Peter and Paul and headed by the Maronite Archdiocese of Antelias Bishop Zeidan Aouneh.
Gebara passed away on Tuesday at the Bhannes hospital after a long battle with illness.
He was one of the country’s most distinguished playwrights and directors in Lebanon and a critic of the situation in the country, his self-confessed source of inspiration.
As a professor of fine arts at the Lebanese University, Gebara worked with several actors who have since risen to the firmament of Lebanon’s stage and screen.