The Lebanese artist Rita Harb talked about her childhood spent during the war in Lebanon, sharing memories with her family, detailing her divorce and the start of her romantic relationship. Rita Harb stated during an interview on "Al-Mashhad" that she is very grateful for the presence of her daughters in her life and for the success she has achieved in the artistic field. She expressed that she feels a significant lack of happiness in her life and that she still misses her family, especially after the death of her parents.
She mentioned feeling a great burden in her life and recounted her childhood, emphasizing that it was filled with suffering and hardship due to the war in Lebanon. She reflected, "The first thing that comes to my mind when my school was hit or when we were displaced, I remember these stories dominating my mind more than moments spent with family, there weren’t any remarkable things."
She confirmed that she was at school when her school was bombed, and her close friend, also named Rita, died, which led her parents to believe that she was the one who had died. When she returned home, she found mourning taking place there.
Regarding her romantic relationship, she noted that a lack of respect is a reason for her to leave a man. Discussing her ex-husband and the father of her daughters, she revealed that she married him from her first serious relationship, having been together since she was 17 and marrying at 19.
On her view of marriage, she stated that she used to think of it as a form of freedom, allowing her to have everything independently. She has two daughters and divorced some time ago after filing for divorce. She affirmed that initially, her ex-husband saw their daughters, but currently, no one knows anything about him following his relationship with another woman.
She added, "My way of thinking is that no matter what happens between the parents, the children should not be involved; he is the one losing. I prefer that for the mental well-being of my daughters, there be a balance between the father and the mother. However, in his absence, I take on both roles, which makes me more exhausted, but I have proudly succeeded in raising them to be healthy individuals."
