Who is Cat Stevens’ wife, Fauzia Mubarak Ali: Details into her personal life

Who is Cat Stevens’ wife, Fauzia Mubarak Ali: Details into her personal life

Cat Stevens, born Steven Demetre Georgiou, is a renowned British singer-songwriter, humanitarian, and multi-instrumentalist. He rose to prominence after releasing hits such as Moon Shadow, Morning Has Broken, and Peace Train. Throughout Yusuf Cat's career, he has had unending support from his wife, Fauzia Mubarak Ali.

Who is Fauzia Mubarak Ali?
Fauzia Mubarak Ali is best recognized as Yusuf Cat Stevens’ wife. Photo: Dave Benett
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Despite the much acclaimed success of her husband, Cat Stevens, Fauzia Mubarak Ali seems to enjoy living under the grid. As a result, little is known about her, which explains the many searchers for “Who is Yusuf Cat Stevens’ wife?” We have defied the odds to bring you the following lesser known facts about her.

Fauzia Mubarak Ali’s profile and bio summary

Famous asCat Stevens’ wife
Date of birth24 March 1958
Place of birth Karachi, Pakistan
Zodiac signAries
Age64 years (as of 15th March 2023)
NationalityUnited Kingdom
Religion Islamic
Education profileKinnaird College for Women, the University of Columbia
DegreeUrdu Literature
Masters Comparative Literature
Sexual orientationStraight
Marital statusMarried
Children(5) Hassana Islam, Maymanah Islam, Asmara Eve, Amina Yusuf, and Muhammad Islam (Yoriyos Adamos)
ProfessionHuman Rights Activist

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Fauzia Mubarak Ali’s age

She was born on 24 March 1958 and is counting the days to her 65th birthday. She is 64 years old as of 15th March 2023.

Fauzia Mubarak Ali's biography
Cat Stevens’ wife Fauzia Mubarak Ali is a human rights activist who was born in Pakistan. Photo: @yusufcatstevens on Instagram (Modified by author)
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Where was Fauzia Mubarak Ali born?

She was born in Karachi, Pakistan, where she grew up. Unfortunately, not much information is available about her parents and early childhood.

Education profile

Fauzia attended Kinnaird College for Women in Lahore, Pakistan, and graduated with a BA in Urdu Literature. Soon after, she moved to the United States and enrolled at the University of Columbia to pursue a Master’s degree in Comparative Literature.

Fauzia Mubarak Ali's education
Fauzia attended Kinnaird College for Women for her BA in Urdu Literature. She pursued her Masters in Comparative Literature at the University of Columbia. Photo: Anthony Devlin - PA Images/PA Images
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What does Fauzia Mubarak do for a living?

She is a human rights activist who has been at the forefront of campaigning for women’s rights, democracy, social discrimination, and peace in Pakistan and countries around the Middle East. She became even more determined to stop terrorism after she fled the United States shortly after the attacks on 11 September 2001.

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As a result, she collaborated with her husband Cat and opened a charity organization known as Small Kindness Charity. The aim of this organization was to curb terrorism and its effects. She is also the founder of the Human Rights Advocates Association (HRAA).

Is Cat Stevens married?

He is married to Fauzia Mubarak Ali. As per most sources, the two met through a marriage arrangement, which is a common practice in the Islamic religion. The belief is that Stevens’ late mother Ingrid Wickman chose Fauzia as her son’s future wife.

Fauzia Mubarak Ali’s wedding

Cat and Ali exchanged vows on 7 September 1979 at the Regent’s Park Mosque in London. At the time of their union, Cat had just built several Muslim schools in London. The lovebirds have been growing strong together for over four decades. They will celebrate their 44th wedding anniversary on 7 September 2023.

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Does Cat Stevens have children?

He has been blessed with five children since his marriage to Fauzia. But one thing most people do not know is that Cat and his wife lost one of their male children in infancy. Their children are four females and two males, whose names are Hassana Islam, Maymanah Islam, Asmaa Eve Georgiou Islam, Amina Yusuf, and Muhammad Islam, better known as Yoriyos Adamos.

Cat Stevens’ children
Cat Stevens (4rthL), his wife Faezia (3rdL) and his daughters at the 'Adopt-A-Minefield' Benefit Gala in support of landmines victims on May 28, 2005 in Neuss, Germany. Photo: Ralph Orlowski
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Hassana Islam is a director in several of her dad’s companies and currently resides in the United Arab Emirates with her family. Asmaa is a practising solicitor who currently lives and works in London.

Maymanah is a charity worker and professional photographer living in London. Her brother Muhammad has taken after their father’s shoes and has pursued music professionally. Their younger sister Amina is a photographer.

Cat Stevens’ wife and children are very supportive of his career. Even more, they have shown his unending support after he converted to Islam following two death encounters. One was after a tuberculosis diagnosis, and another after a drowning experience in Malibu.

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Fauzia Mubarak Ali is a human rights activist and the founder of the Human Rights Advocates Association (HRAA). However, most people know her as Cat Stevens’ wife.

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