Biography

Early life

Maher Zain was born on 1982 in Lebanon. His family moved to Sweden when Maher was
only eight, where he continued his schooling. Maher got his first keyboard when he was only
ten. He later entered university and got a Bachelors degree in Aeronautical Engineering. [1]
During his teenage years, he like to spend late nights at school with his friends where they
would sing, rap, compose and experiment with music in every way. [1]

Career

After being involved for a while in the music scene as a music producer [2], Maher was
introduced to RedOne, a music producer in the music scene in Sweden. Maher started
working with RedOne[2] and later moved to New York. In January 2009, Maher Zain began
work on an album and signed with Awakening Records. Maher’s first musical inspiration
came from his father, who was a singer himself, performing locally in the Mediterranean city
of Tripoli, Lebanon.

Maher has been on the bill of a free concert in Bahrain, [3][4] and also at the Spring concert in
the American University in Cairo, Egypt[5]

Thank You Allah (2009–now)

Thank You Allah was released on 1 November 2009.[6].

Track listing

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Title
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1. "Always Be There"    
2. "Ya Nabi Salam Alayka"    
3. "Insha Allah"    
4. "Palestine Will Be Free"    
5. "Thank You Allah"    
6. "Allahi Allah Kiya Karo (feat. Irfan Makki)"    
7. "The Chosen One"    
8. "Baraka Allahu Lakuma"    
9. "For the Rest of My Life"    
10. "Hold My Hand"    
11. "Awaken"    
12. "Subhana Allah (feat. Mesut Kurtis)"    
13. "Open Your Eyes"    
14. "Ya Nabi (Arabic Version – Bonus Track)"    
15. "Thank You Allah (Acoustic Version – Bonus Track)"    

Awards Best Religious Song for 2009 from Nujoom FM (Egypt’s biggest music radion station)
for ‘Ya Nabi Salam Alayka