Yusuf Islam / Cat Stevens

Yusuf Islam (born Steven Georgiou in 1948 in London) is a British singer and songwriter who was known in the 1970s as Cat Stevens. He embraced Islam in 1977 and withdrew from commercial singing for about two decades. ¹

Since the 1990s he has recorded works inspired by faith and peace, including the album "An Other Cup" and children's songs. He founded charitable organisations and Islamic schools in London, and became a prominent voice that joins Western art with a Muslim identity. ¹