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“The first time I saw Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan” – Memories by Mohammed Hanif
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Mohammed Hanif, Pakistani writer and journalist.

Mohammed Hanif, Pakistani writer and journalist.

“The first time I saw Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan”  is a deeply touching narration by Pakistani writer, Mohammed Hanif of the incident when he first saw NFAK in his village in 1972.  The eight years old Hanif was so moved that he decided his career even before the Party’s  performance ended  ” He wanted to sit behind the large man (Nusrat) , clap, sing and make the audience go wild ” … Did he live his dream ?  The program also takes a very wise take on accusations following the “Global Nusrat” …… A Must Listen..

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Fanna-fi-Allah, the face of Western Qawwali, An Introduction
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Fanna-Fi-Allah Qawwali Party

Fanna-Fi-Allah Qawwali Party

Fanna-Fi-Allah is a Californian Qawwali party led by Tahir Qawwali. If you were moved by the efforts and inspirations of the awesome Brooklyn Qawwal Party then be ready for yet another surprise from west, this time with more Qawwali.

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Shahen-Shah, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Real World, 1989
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Shahen-Shah 1989 Album Cover Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Shahen-Shah 1989 Album Cover

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was a man of impressive, even daunting, stature. The emotional intensity and soaring power of his voice transcend all boundaries of language and religion and have popularized this beautiful and inspirational music beyond Muslim peoples to audiences worldwide.

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The Fourth & Largest tenor – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan dragging Qawwali into the 21st century
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The Global Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

The Global Nusrat

PHIL SWEENEY from “The Independent” calls Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan the best and largest tenor (the highest male singing voice) and  recommend him over Luciano, Placido and Jose (most Popular Opera Voices of 90’s). Author goes on to describe his collaborations and innovative experiments which Though we know pretty well that “the best tenor” tag will never be enough to sum up the huge NFAK ( In each and every possible translation of this statement). Read this article for a great take on the “New Nusrat with his Experiments & Fusion”

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan annoys purists, but he is also dragging Qawwali into the 21st century.

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How We Won the World Cup – “‘We played Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan all the time”
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Wasim Akram talking about Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Wasim Akram talking about Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

In today’s video treat, Wasim Akram remembers how the team won the World Cup & How much obsessed they were with “Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan” . It was 1992, and cricketers like Javed Miandad  were already die-hard NFAK fans. NFAK himself started taking interest in cricket those days as he was becoming a good friend of the Pakistani cricket team. Just before the team left home for World-Cup, NFAK personally recorded many songs specially for the team on request of Javed Miandad. Team played these songs pretty much every time (before match-after match, during practice sessions, during breaks and of course  to celebrate the victory)…

We all know the result of World Cup…. “The team brought the trophy home”

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