And we have to promote cross-cultural, cross-religious and intellectual dialogue. The title refers to the divine center, the truth at the heart of all traditions.
But as time goes by, people become more and more forgetful and get further and further away from the divine center. These songs talk about our yearning for the center, for truth.
Yusuf feels people are longing for connection, substance, and tradition. I asked Yusuf how he stays centered, given his popularity, fame and the temptations of the business. No doubt his humanitarian efforts help as well.
He met a woman who was partially blind and whose husband had been paralyzed for eight years. Their daughter was helping support the family. That morning their son had attempted suicide. There are people who are worse off than us. All proceeds from the song were donated to WFP; each download helped feed two people. The music video, shot in 16 cities in eight countries, has almost nine million views on Facebook. In December, WFP announced that because of a funding crisis it will need to cut food rations to over 1.
In the 15 th and 16 th centuries, it was clear —we were living the sacred, breathing the sacred, everywhere we looked we would be reminded of the sacred. But now Western civilization is divorced from heaven.
Zayd, I told him, Syed Zayd. What an honor. We have to be kind to one another, and merciful to each other. Iran does not recognise Israel and world artists who perform there become persona non grata in the Islamic Republic. Foreigners who travel to both Iran and Israel usually use two separate passports or ask Israeli border guards not to stamp their travel document. Iranians are banned from travelling to Israel and the Iranian passport is not valid for travel there. Those defying the ban risk being sentenced to five years in jail.
I am sorry that my precious listeners in Iran will be denied my music for sometime, but I will not apologise for performing in Palestine. May we one day see a Free Palestine. Sami Yusuf is the th most popular singer up from th in , the th most popular biography from Iran down from th in and the 3rd most popular Iranian Singer.
Among singers, Sami Yusuf ranks out of 3, After him are Riccardo Fogli , Dr. Among people born in , Sami Yusuf ranks Among people born in Iran , Sami Yusuf ranks out of Among singers born in Iran , Sami Yusuf ranks 3.
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