Born in Washington DC and raised in Maryland, Raef has shared his music with faith-based communities across the world. In the early 2000s, he sang tenor in a college a cappella group and played his acoustic guitar at local coffee shops. Raef was introduced to the national stage after his trio rock-band "Great Seneca" toured the United States as part of the "Voices for Change" initiative. Shortly afterwards, Raef joined the "Poetic Vision Tour" - a band of traveling musicians and poets dedicated to inspiring a spiritual and cultural renewal. More recently, Raef started working with Awakening Records and in 2014 released his debut album "The Path" , a collection of songs that reflects his identity as an American Muslim and his journey throughout the years.
------------------------ Peace & Blessings: Lyrics: Raef & Bara Kherigi Melody: Raef & Maher Zain Arrangement: Maher Zain Video by: Abdulrahman El Abyad
Lyrics: Give me your hand I will give you my heart Every day is a brand new start His words are here to help us through Rasool Allah, peace and blessings on you!
Awakening Records is a subsidiary of the UK-based Awakening Worldwide that has operational offices in both United States of America (USA) and Egypt.
Awakening Records currently represents five artists: Raef (USA), Maher Zain (Sweden), Hamza Namira (Egypt), Mesut Kurtis (Macedonia), and Harris J (UK). (Previously Sami Yusuf & Irfan Makki among others).