Eid Mubarak from the singing Sufis.

2 daughter's and 2 graduations in a week! Sir Paul McCartney, co founded LIPA over 20 years ago and my daughter graduated with a shake of his hand at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, whilst my elder graduated with a PGCE working towards being a secondary school teacher. It was fascinating to see Bridgewater Hall in Manchester filled with academics and graduates one step closer to becoming teachers ...and then, in Liverpool, thrust into the world of music, theatre and dance....the side that excites me!💕 ...and there yards away ....we watched Stephen Fry, Rowen Atkinson amongst other award winning British artists, acknowledging the accolades given to the newest members to join this exciting world. We celebrated 💕💕💕

I knew of Jodrell Bank...@jodrellbank......just didn't know it was Up North in Cheshire, so close to us!! I did not know of @bluedotfestival and now I do...as I performed a 90 minute show as a solo artist. 20,000 people walk through the doors! It was incredible that I was able to hold onto the audience attention for so long. The couple that you see in the album said that I was their highlight of the festival. Yesssss!!!!!! ...and those sweet children in the pic wanted a selfie and told me that I had a lovely voice. #loveit!💕💕💕 #voice, #guitar, #darabouka, #iktara ....and remembered all my lines #awesome!

Meet Jasmine, a new member of the family; a mix Persian. She's so cute and adorable even when she dominates Sebastian, our tabby cat. ps - she does not like the sound of a flute!

After weeks of rehearsals, a 100 children of different schools came together to perform @bridgewaterhall with an audience of 700 children. They did an amazing job and we, as facilitators did an awesome job too!! @womadfestival partly funded the performance, came to watch the concert and were impressed! Of course they would be; we set a good standard of discipline!😎😊💕 #manchesterActionInternational #MAI #refugeeweek #SarahYaseen @sarahthesufi

Palmas bordadas por rios Calos terrenos baldios Jangadas puxadas a fios Remadas por olhares vazios Devastacao, devastacao da Alma Palms embroidered by rivers Calluses that are wastelands Rafts pulled by a thread Rows by empty stares Devastation, devastation of the soul Lyrics by Angelina Abel for Brazilian song Cajueiro @rafikijazz album @sarahthesufi singing Portuguese. #sarahyaseen #sufisinger

Archeology and music - my two favourite subjects rolled into one project. #singer #overtones #sarahthesufi #musicexploration 5 Verses, 6 Sacks of Earth

We have the beautiful Scottish gaelic singer @kaitlin.ross in the North of England @yellowarchstudios with us, rehearsing and weaving gaelic into our rendition of an ancient kashmiri lullaby, 'hukus bukus' or 'tchekus bekus' ....meaning who are you and who am I? Will be performing at The Crucible Theatre tonight at 7pm. #rafikijazz #worldmusic #rafikijazzupclose

I knew I talked a lot but seriously....I must have lost calories networking with festival reps, organisations and musicians at the Womex 2018 Expo. Great food, great coffee, great resort/Island, great people and great music, especially watching the showcase and meeting one of my fav bands, @theturbans. Our band #rafikijazz got plugged in for 3 whole days. Now, it's follow up time to get the band to play at International festivals!! #womex2018 #grancanary #laspalmas #rafikijazzupclose #sarahthesufi

Yesterday in Manchester at Cathedral Gardens, due to constraints, we ran out of time for a full soundcheck and couldn't frikkin hear each other in the monitors. From outside though, feedback was that it was great! (of course; we're professionals!! 😉) Today in Morcambe however....with the gentle breeze across the sea, ( inside the #moremusic venue though), we could hear each other pretty fine. The audience was awesome! It was actually a pretty good gig! To end it all, we put 3 pennies in a makeshift jukebox just to hear #rafikijazz 😂😄😁 (worth every penny!) We love ourselves that much!! #rafikijazzupclose photos: @domvillesara