The Guardian: Islamic singers rewrite western hits to find new audiences for 'faith-inspired' songs (2012)

Omar Shahid's report in The Guardian of 13 April 2012 on Awakening: it began by publishing books, its UK head office is in Swansea, its slogan is 'faith-inspired and value-driven', it signed its first artist, Sami Yusuf, in 2003, he left after a 2008 dispute over his third album, it then signed Maher Zain, and it staged a Hammersmith Apollo concert for Save an Orphan; with statements by the co-founder Wali-ur Rahman.