If you got the chance to interview Yusuf Islam what would you ask him? Maybe you’d want to know about his life as Cat Stevens, the artist who in the 1970s sold millions of albums and was without doubt one of the biggest artists on the planet? Or maybe you’d question why he turned his back on stardom, converted to Islam, sold all his guitars, and began a completely new life that seemed totally at odds with everything that had gone before?
Then again, perhaps you are a Muslim and it’s only Yusuf Islam the charity worker that you have ever known, via his educational spoken-word CDs and his faith schools. You might be more interested in why he is once again touring as Cat Stevens and now seems comfortable with his old life – or should that be his old, old life?
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