Mzbel has revealed that she only discovered the extent of her late father’s financial success and charitable activities after his death.
The musician said her father had always been relatively private about his finances, leaving her with little idea of how successful he had been professionally.
In fact, Mzbel recalled growing up without considering herself rich.
“We were not rich. We didn’t have money,” she said.
That perception changed after her father’s death.
Mzbel said family discussions about what he left behind began revealing aspects of his life that she had not known.
One of the biggest surprises was learning about his charitable activities.
She recalled discovering that her father had been sponsoring two people from his mosque to travel to Mecca every year.
According to Mzbel, he paid for their accommodation, flights and spending money.
“He sponsored two people from his mosque every year to go to Mecca,” she said.
The discovery gave Mzbel a different understanding of the man she had known as her father.
She also learnt more about his professional achievements.
Her father, she said, was an electrical engineer who had worked on major projects.
Mzbel recalled meeting a Lebanese acquaintance who recognized her father from a photograph and told her that he had considered him wealthy.
The acquaintance reportedly pointed out buildings and projects where her father had done electrical engineering work.
“Your father is rich,” Mzbel recalled him telling her.
The revelation appears to have surprised Mzbel because her own childhood experience had not been one of obvious luxury.
She remembered her mother finding small ways to make her feel special, including secretly giving her extra chicken when serving meals to the family.
Those memories, rather than expensive possessions, remain among the things she remembers most fondly about her upbringing.
The story also adds another layer to Mzbel’s later comments about wealth.
In the same interview, she said she no longer sees success simply through the lens of money, houses and cars.
Instead, she described peace and freedom as more important measures of success.