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12 Traits that Made Junaid Jamshed an Incredible Muslim Artist

In this profile of Dawud Wharnsby Ali by Susan Hogan Albach, which was published in 2000 by the Dallas Morning News, readers learn more about what brought this talented Nasheed artist to Islam, how he expresses spirituality thorugh song, and about his work with Sound Vision. 

Taha Ghayyur's reflections on the life and work of a  performing artist of remarkable calibre in Canada, Br. Dale (Jamaluddin) Marcell, who embraced Islam about 3 years before his death.

Today, there are many aspiring new Muslim filmmakers in North America. I hope at least some of them will pick up what Al-Akkad started, by pushing the bar of quality of Islamic productions higher and higher.

In the "Prophet's Hands," Dawud-Wharnsby Ali adds intense and vital elements to the conversation he started with the Ummah in 1996, when he released his first recording of Islamic songs entitled "Whisper of Peace,".

Dawud Wharnsby Ali is the brother behind the beat of many of Sound Vision's nasheeds. He joined Sound Vision in 1996 and since then has recorded “Whisper of Peace”, “Colors of Islam”, “Road to Madinah”, “The Letter”, "Sunshine, Dust and the Messenger" and now "The Prophet's Hands".