The son of the famous Lebanese singer Fairouz and composer Assi Rahbani, he succeeded in conveying the cosmopolitan and pluralistic culture of his native city, Beirut.

Many of his musicals satirised the political situation in Lebanon both during and after the civil war; others addressed more philosophical as well as political questions. He played the main role in all of his plays.

In October 2006, Ziad started writing a regular column in a local newspaper called ‘Al-Akhbar’ in which he tackles recent political in a deep and satirical way.