Salman ahmed state department
- •
Salman Ahmad
Pakistani musician
For the American official, see Salman Ahmed.
Salman Ahmad | |
|---|---|
Salman Ahmad | |
| Birth name | Salman Ahmad |
| Born | (1963-12-12) 12 December 1963 (age 61) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, physician |
| Instrument(s) | vocals, electric guitar, Electric acoustic guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar |
| Years active | 1989 – present |
| Labels | Coke Studio, EMI Records, PTV Studios, Studio 146 |
| Member of | Junoon band |
Musical artist
Salman Ahmad (Urdu: سلمان احمد, born 12 December 1963) is a Pakistani born-American musician, rock guitarist, physician, activist, occasional actor and professor at the City University of New York.
He earned nationwide popularity in 1998 for his unique style of neoclassical playing in rock. An early engineer of the Vital Signs, he formed Junoon (lit. Passion) in 1990 with AmericanbassistBrian O'Connell and pioneered the Sufi influenced rock music in Pakistan. He started his activism in the mid-1990s and has been involved in two BBC documentaries concerning the issues in Pa
- •
Salman Ahmad is the popular guitarist and composer of the musical group Junoon. Since its formation in the early 1990s, Junoon has become a phenomenon in the South Asian music scene and beyond, performing live at BBC's Mega Mela, the MTV music awards in India, and at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Ahmad, with Junoon, has been increasingly involved in humanitarian efforts, including playing at events such as the Building Human Rights Culture Gala, the Empower Peace program with students in Pakistan, and fundraising for Hurricane Katrina victims. Most recently, in coordination with the UN, Ahmad has joined relief operations for the October 2005 earthquake victims in northern Pakistan.
Ahmad has produced two documentary films. The Rock Star and the Mullahs tracks Ahmad's visit to the northern Pakistani town of Peshawar, where he directly challenges the local Muslim clergy who have banned all forms of music. His most recent film, Muslims in America: It's My Country Too, uncovers the authentic spirit of American Muslims and their experience wrestling with the pe
- •
Junoon
Salman Ahmad, one of South Asia’s most influential cultural figures, is a musician, physician and United Nations goodwill ambassador. With his wife, Samina, he launched an NGO called the Salman & Samina Global Wellness Initiative, focused on interfaith and cross-cultural dialogue, global health and wellness, and music education.
Ahmad popularized a blend of Western rock music and Eastern/Islamic music that has been called “Sufi rock” and that has been hailed as a cultural bridge within South Asia and between the East and West.
Born in Lahore, Pakistan, Ahmad spent his teenage years in New York before returning to Lahore to train as a medical doctor.
Turning then to his true passion of music, Ahmad founded South Asia’s biggest rock band, Junoon, in 1990. The band faced death threats and harassment from religious extremists and government forces in its early years, but Junoon’s sweeping melodies, bhangra rock rhythms and driving guitars led it to become known as “the U2 of South Asia.”
Junoon has sold over 25 million albums worldwide and has shared the s
Copyright ©cafebee.pages.dev 2025