By Alhaji Mohamed Wusha Conteh 4th September, 2013.
Dawud Wharnsby (born David Howard Wharnsby, June 27, 1972) is a Canadian Muslim singer-songwriter, poet, performer, educator and television personality
In the mid 1990's Dawud rose to international recognition for his pioneering efforts in the genre of English language nasheed (spiritual hymns of a folk/world-beat style, drawn from Qur'anic tradition).
He has released over 10 popular albums of spiritual nasheed since 1996, including A Whisper of Peace (1996), Colors Of Islam (1998), Road To Madinah (1999) and The Prophet's Hands (2002), all released through US based media company Sound Vision.Com. His spiritual songs for children are sung and taught in schools world wide.
