Saieen Zahoor
About Saieen Zahoor
Saieen Zahoor Ahmed or Ali Saain Shafiu (Punjabi: سائیں ظہور, born 1936) is a Punjabi Sufi musician from Pakistan. He has spent most of his life singing in Sufi shrines, and didn't produce a record until 2006, when he was nominated for the BBC World Music awards based on word of mouth.
He emerged as the BBC's "best voice of the year" in 2006. Saieen is not his first name but a Punjabi and Sindhi honorific title and is also spelled as Sain. In the Muslim society of Punjab, the honorofic is often associated with people who have given up the worldly pleasures for a more spiritual lifestyle.
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