WELCOME

WELCOME TO SAMI YUSUF DIARY. I CREATE THIS BLOG VERY SPECIAL AND DEDICATED ESPECIALLY TO HIM TO SHOW HOW MUCH I LOVE HIM AND SUPPORT HIS CAREER. HIS SONGS SO WONDERFUL AND AMAZING, NEVER FED UP LISTENING TO IT EVERYDAY. MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU FOR YOU WHO IS ALWAYS PRAISE HIM AND PRAISE THE HOLY PROPHET MUHAMMAD SAS IN YOUR SONG. ALLAH BLESS YOU AKHI SAMI. AMIN.

SAMI YUSUF LIFE STORY

Biography

Sami Yusuf is a British composer, singer and accomplished musician. He was born in July 1980 into a musical family of Azeri origin in Tehran, Iran, learning to play several instruments at a very young age and demonstrating a keen interest in singing and composing. He studied music at several institutions and with renowned composers and musicians, including composers from the Royal Academy of Music in London, one of the world most prestigious music institutions. In addition to his education in Western harmonics and composition, Sami has a solid understanding of the Middle Eastern modes (or Maqams), and is thoroughly acquainted and familiar with both Eastern and Western musical traditions.

Since 2003, Sami’s debut album 'al-Mu'allim' and his second album 'My Ummah' have sold over five million copies worldwide (with a third album nearing completion). His YouTube videos have been played over 10 million times and his websites have been accessed by his many millions of ardent supporters. His concerts have attracted huge audiences across the Middle East, Europe and the United States, including a staggering 250,000 attendance in Istanbul. Sami has been featured by Time Magazine and has appeared on the covers of dozens of other mainstream publications around the world.

Sami is devoutly spiritual and often uses his art and music as a means of promoting the messages of love, mercy, peace and tolerance, whilst encouraging the youth to be proud of their identity.

His Career

Sami has been featured by Time Magazine as "Islam's biggest rock star"and has appeared on the covers of dozens of other mainstream publications around the world. Sami is devoutly spiritual and often uses his art and music as a means of promoting the messages of love, mercy, peace and tolerance, whilst encouraging the youth to be proud of their identity. Sami Yusuf’s songs have revolutionalized the nasheed industry and have given birth to a new genre of modern Islamic music.His latest song You Came To Me has been released as an immense hit all over the world. It has had more than 1,000,000 views on Youtube.

2003-2009: First albums with awakening

Sami's first album Al-Mu'allim was self-produced and released in July 2003 and attained huge success. His second album, My Ummah, which was released in 2005, comes in two versions, a musical version and one with just percussion. He creates many of his songs in different languages mainly in English, Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Urdu. He has held concerts all around the world, and is albums were mainly popular among young Muslims, in particular Turkey, where his concert gathered up to 250,000 people, at Istanbul in 2007.

Disputed third album and departure from awakening

A third album, Without You, was planned for release during mid-2008 but was delayed due to a contractual dispute.An album by that name was then launched by Awakening Records in January 2009. Sami Yusuf subsequently stated on his official website that this album was released without his knowledge or consent, and is a compilation of demos and sketches with a quality inferior to his normally high standards. He has called for fans to boycott it. However as of April 2009 Awakening Records continues to feature the album prominently on the Sami Yusuf part of its website, saying that the album is "a complete and high quality album" consisting of "11 professionally recorded tracks".Awakening says it has already made "substantial" payments to Yusuf for his third album, which has been advertised on its website since May 2008. Yusuf had previously released two albums with Awakening, and signed for a total of five. Asked whether Awakening had paid him in full in July 2009, Yusuf indicated they had not.

2009 - present: ETM International

Following the dispute with awakening Sami moved to the ETM International record company.

welcome 2010 happy new year

SELAMAT PAGI SAMI

ASMA ALLAH

MOTHER/ARABIC

YOU CAME TO ME /ARABIC

Friday, August 13, 2010

Healing: an explanation

"Healing" The Story Behind The Song
Healing. An ambition and a vision. Healing. A call embedded in the wisdom to give in order to gain.   A smile is an act of charity; sharing love and caring for others enhances prestige and position of the loving and the loved; of the caring and the cared alike. Sami Yusuf's new song "Healing" is a call to revive the caring aspect of human beings. "Healing" is a chance to vindicate all those best hopes one has about oneself and about humanity. It is an attempt to honor the small acts of kindness. It is a tribute to those who sacrifice and stand up for good even when it's hard, even when it's tough -- it is an embodiment of gracious generosity in practice.
The idea of this project was incepted at Sami's meeting with Dr. Walid Fitaihi, Founder and CEO of the International Medical Center, back in 2006. They discussed the possibility of making a song that promotes healing with kindness and lending hands to others. This project was realized this year when International Medical Center (IMC) and ETM International signed a contract to deliver the message of how kindness is one way of healing oneself and others. This project is a means to relay the message that each and everyone of us can be a healer. The Song and Video contributes to the IMC's Corporate Social Responsibility programme The IMC has been involved in many CSR events. Campaign against smoking, rescuing people in emergency cases and promoting the culture of CPR, to name a few. The hospital is involved in many activities that are diverse in application but uphold the same message of serving the humanity. Its counterpart, ETM International, is an emerging British record label company that was conceived in 2005 with the main aim to become the leading international producer of socially conscious music.
This partnership and hence the project envisions to indoctrinate the belief that you will find someone to hold your hand when you need to because you held another person's hand when they needed you; of being there for people and they will be there for you just like loving and caring for your parents, to be loved and cared for when you will be a parent. With realization of this vision and mission, a unified society standing up for one another as a family can be envisioned. It would be possible to imagine a world without a person in need because need is not only confined to material parameters. A needy could also do with people's care and sense of compassion.
The lyrics of this song were written by Sami Yusuf in collaboration with Dr. Walid. The lyrics aim to touch the hearts of people and encourage them to be tender with one another. The video was filmed in Jeddah over nine days as one of the biggest productions for a song in Saudi Arabia. The video shows a series of scenes that embody the idea of exchanging help and support among people. It is a heartfelt depiction of everyday incidents and various situations spanning over a wide age group involving different professions.
The release of this song and the video corresponds with the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan -- the month of mercy, hoping it will capture hearts and souls of all. "Healing" is a celebration of values we share as human beings and the resolve to uphold and reward such values.
Heal and you will be healed

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