"If we learned anything about history, peace is not reached at the battlefield. It never works like that, Prayers of love and peace to each and every one of you – whoever and wherever you may be.”
Born 21 July 1980 in Tehran, Iran, raised in the UK, studied music at the Royal Academy.
Sami Yusuf, British singer, songwriter, musician. composer, arranger, producer blending mystical traditions, Sufi music, Mugham, and Qawwali with Western classical music. He was dubbed ‘Islam’s biggest rock star’ by Time Magazine. The youngest recipient of Honorary Doctor of Letters Award for “invaluable contribution" to the field of music.
- 34 million albums sold to date.
- Performs to sold-out venues throughout Europe, the Middle East, North America, and North Africa. In Istanbul, over 250,000 people attended Sami Yusuf’s concert in Taksim Square.
- Composed and performed ‘The Gift of Love’ (first global interfaith anthem for UN World Interfaith Harmony Week).
- Founder of the Spiritique genre and Spiritique Foundation.
- The Guardian named him the biggest British star in the Middle East.
- UN Global Ambassador for the World Food Program.
- UN Elite Ambassador for the World Interfaith Harmony Week.
- Global Concerts for Peace.