Baha’i Blog Interviews Ali Youssefi

In this Baha’i Blog interview, Leyla Tavernaro-Haidarian speaks with singer-songwriter Ali Youssefi.

Ali Youssefi is a musician whose songs move the heart. You may be familiar with his global musical initiatives “Unite”, or his most recent song “Waves”. In this interview, he and Leyla talk about the process of putting those songs and music videos together and then, more broadly, about the role an artist or musician can play in building community.

You can also listen to this interview on Baha’i Blog’s Soundcloud page: Baha’i Blog Interviews Ali Youssefi

If you’d like to know more about Ali, please visit his website: aliyoussefi.com

You can also read this written interview with Ali about “Waves” here on Baha’i Blog: WAVES – A New Global Musical Collaboration by Ali Youssefi

Ali was also critical in helping us film Baha’i Blog Studio Sessions in Belgrade, Serbia (where he was living at the time), and from these sessions you can watch him singing “Jedinstvo (Unity)” in Serbian, and “Oh Mi Siervo (O My Servant)” in Spanish.

You can hear more about Leyla from when she was featured on the Baha’i Blogcast with Rainn Wilson: Baha’i Blogcast with Rainn Wilson – Episode 8: Leyla & Ryan Haidarian

For more interviews and Baha’i-inspired talks, please check out this playlist.

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Sonjel Vreeland

In her innermost heart, Sonjel is a stay-at-home parent and a bookworm with a maxed out library card but professionally she is a museologist with a background in English Literature. She currently lives on Prince Edward Island, an isle in the shape of a smile on the eastern Canadian coast. Sonjel is a writer who loves to listen to jazz when she's driving at night.