Kareem Salama is an Egyptian American musician (born in Ponca City, Oklahoma in 1978). He is known as the first American Muslim country music singer. His music is a hybrid of country, pop and rock music. Kareem’s parents immigrated to the United States in the late 1960s to attend graduate school. Kareem Salama, literally translates to Generous Peace, that he also used as title of his first album. He holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and a graduate degree in Law from the University of Iowa.
Kareem has performed in front of wide audiences as far as Rome and London. He also took part in a State Department European concert tour, performing in Paris.
He has been featured in major media outlets like the New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Readers’ Digest, Fox News, Sky News and France 24. Kareem was also invited to dinner at the White House where he met President Barack Obama who said to Salama “You can sing!”. In October 2008, he also performed during the Global Peace and Unity (GPU) event.
After the success of the first two self-released albums Generous Peace and This Life of Mine, Kareem is now working on his first mainstream worldwide release tentatively due out in August 2010 (to be released by newly formed LightRain Records). Kareem continues to work with friend and producer Aristotle Mihalopoulos as well as producers Rich Whiting and Dan Workman (whose credits include artists such as Beyonce and Clay Walker).
