Mountain of Light, the multimedia production company of former pop-icon Cat Stevens, currently known as Islamic humanitarian Yusuf Islam, will soon establish its regional headquarters in Dubai Media City (DMC).
The move is aimed at expanding and improving the availability and distribution of the company’s products in the Middle and Far East. Mountain of Light produces CDs, books, videos and DVDs of Islamic cultural and religious literature for the growing Western Muslim family market.
Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens was one of the most celebrated pop icons and critically acclaimed songwriters of his generation. At the height of his popularity, he continuously topped the charts in US and Europe and sold millions of his reflective folk and rock albums worldwide.
Following a bout of tuberculosis during his early career, he undertook an internal search, resulting in his embracing Islam in December 1977. Since embracing Islam, Yusuf has married and now has five children.
He is a leading and active member of the Muslim community in the West and is principally involved in two areas: humanitarian relief work and education; he has established several successful schools in London. Yusuf is also the chairman of four charity organizations and is the Director of several private companies.
Since 1993 Yusuf Islam has once again turned his attention to work in the recording studio resulting in the release of The Life of the Last Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him), a spoken word production which was designed for the Muslim and non-Muslim public. The record, his first official release for almost twenty years, was released on the Mountain of Light record label.
“Dubai Media City is fast becoming a hub of information and communication resources in the world, I hope we’ll be able to echo some of the natural beauty of Islamic Culture and its abounding Knowledge to the increasingly Global-centric media agenda”, said Islam, who to date has released ten albums under the Mountain of Light label. — (menareport.com)
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