Fascinated by the music and instruments, maher got his first


keyboard when he was only ten and ever since music



officially became part of Maher’s world
.
The family moved to Sweden when maher was only 8, where



he continued his schooling, and later entered university and


got a Bachelors degree in Aeronautical Engineering. With


things changing around him, one thing remained the same –


his strong passion for music. He would spend late nights at


school with his friends where they would sing, rap, compose


and experiment with music in every way. It didn’t take him


long to realize that music became an integral part of who he is
.

After being involved for a while in the music scene as a music


producer, maher was introduced to RedOne, a gifted music


producer who was fast rising in the music scene in Sweden.



Maher started working with RedOne and later moved to New





York. For a few years he was in the middle of the hot rush of



the NY music industry, working with chart topping artists


such as Kat Deluna on her debut album including smash hits



Whine up’ and ‘Run the Show’. maher had what many would



describe as a dream job for someone so young in such a



glamorous business, but for maher it felt like this was far from


what he would call ‘the dream’, “I loved the music but I hated


everything that surrounded it, it always felt like something

wasn’t right
”.

In January 2009, maher Zain decided to work on an album




that reflects his identity – Arab, Western and Muslim – and


signed with Awakening Records. Maher’s debut album



Thank Youa Allah reached the number 1 spot on Amazon’s



World Music charts and number 9 on the R&B charts.


In January 2010, in a music competition organized by Nujoom



FM (Egypt’s biggest music radion station) Maher’s track ‘Ya


Nabi Salam Alayka’ was voted as the best song for 2009.


Runners up included big names like Hussein Aljismi,


Mohammed Mounir and Sami Yusuf. maher has already



performed at sold out concerts in Algeria, Australia, Belgium,


Canada, Egypt, England, France, Holland, Sweden, and the


US amongst others and is fast becoming the ‘next superstar of Islamic music’.