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 World exclusive: Interview with Sami
Yusuf Mon 3 Nov 2003
"Where did you come from?" is a question
that many have asked since your meteoric
rise in the nasheed world. Could you tell
us a bit about yourself?
Sami: All praise is for God, Lord of the
worlds, and may He bless and grant peace
on His final messenger Muhammad, his family,
companions, and all those who follow him
until the Day of Judgment. Asalaamu Alaykum.
I am originally from Persia, the part that
most people would call Azerbaijan but sadly,
because of the fact that I've been raised
here, I don't really know that much about
Azerbaijan to share with you. But, from
the little that I do know, the Azeri people
are very spiritual with a deep appreciation
of art and beauty. I feel that being of
Azeri background has certainly helped me
appreciate how diverse, vast and colourful
the Muslim world actually is. But nevertheless,
we are all united in faith - Alhamdulillah
(thanks be to God).
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 For
the love of God: Sami Yusuf, hailed as the
new voice of European Islam, tells Dena
Rashed about inspiration, improving his
Arabic, and life as a role model. Thur 4
Nov 2004
"It was a typical Ramadan evening: young
women and men crammed into a café filled
with shisha smoke and noise. A number of
TV screens scattered around the room were
playing the latest songs, most of them accompanied
by images of young women in less than demure
dress writhing in front of the camera. And
then, breaking through the smog of noise,
came a different song, as if dropping down
from another more peaceful planet into the
midst of chaos.
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interview
 Sami Yusuf: Breaking the Shackles
of Bigotry Through Inshad, Tues 16 March
2004
Sami Yusuf is a rising star in the sky of
Islamic Inshad. Composition, superior voice,
carefully chosen lyrics and, above all,
devotion to Islam, make him the perfect
model for a true artist with a noble cause.
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interview
 Sami
Yusuf is fast becoming, or arguably is,
the UK's leading Nasheed singer. In Muslim
culture Nasheeds are a popular form of music
that praise the Prophet (peace be upon him)
and glorify Allah. Typically few, if any,
instruments feature in a Nasheed and the
human voice is expected to carry the Nasheed
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 Making music with Sami Yusuf
SAMI YUSUF,THE UK'S
NEWEST MUSLIM VOICE IS TAKING THE NATION
BY STORM
How does Azeri culture influence your spirituality
and your? All Praise is for Allah, Lord
of the worlds, and blessing and peace be
upon His final messenger sayyidina Muhammad
(peace and blessings be upon him), his family,
companions, and all those who follow him
until the Day of Judgement. Peace be upon
you. My parents are of Azeri descent but
I've been brought up in the United Kingdom...
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interview
 Play
it again Sami..
Sami Yusuf and his debut album
Al Mu'allim exploded onto the nasheed scene
at last July's Raihan concert in London,
renewing an area of British Muslim life
that had been a cultural backwater with
few dedicated patrons for far too long.
Sami Yusuf, 23,,is of Azeri origin, and
still speaks Azeri at home. "My Azeri is
not perfect," he states, but his talent
for languages - "I speak English and Farsi
and am planning to advance my Arabic and
Islamic studies by going to Egypt for a
year in September" - is a suggestive of
his gift for the spoken word. The youngest
in the family, he lives at home with his
parents, brother and sister, and divides
his time between full-time study and work.
Sami defines his identity as a Muslim and
has always been a spiritual person, describing
himself as "intuitive, curious and always
in awe and admiration of the wonders and
creation of God.
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