Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1927
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Fikr o naẓar
- Bhutto
- Bhuṭṭo, Ziyāʼ, aur main̲
- Betrayals of another kind
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Pakistan
- Active from
- 1962
qawwali
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,729
- Total plays
- 21,278
Tags
qawwalisufipakistanWorld Musicpakistani
Faiz Ali Faiz (born 1962 in Sharaqpur, Pakistan) is one of the main singers of Qawwali, a devotional musical expression of the Sufis, a mystical offshoot of Islam. Faiz Ali Faiz comes from a family of qawwals from seven generations in Pakistan. He started his professional career in 1978, at age 16, creating at the same time his own qawwali ensemble. Though Faiz is from Lahore, he practices the doaba style from eastern Pakistan. He stated in recent interviews he has been influenced by Sham-Chau