Saeed Younan secures his own port In The Middle East

Saeed Younan secures his own port In The Middle East

30 August, 2008 | 3.00AM

• Section: Music News
• Written by: luke native

That’s right, folks: Saeed Younan, international DJ and producer has developed and secured his own port and area in the world, somewhere around his home country of Iraq and close by Dubai. 

When asked how this came about he simply replied, “From all my years of DJing and producing and traveling around the world, I invested my money in real estate for hopes of future profits on a rainy day, ‘cause you never know when this whole DJing thing may come to an end.

I developed Port Saeed as a means to show of all the hard work over the years through my love and passion for electronica music”

Check the in depth interview of how it all started.

A simple answer from a simple man, currently living in Washington D.C. we got further in discussion into greater detail about how Port Saeed came all about.

So as said earlier you invested your money into real estate and developed what you called Port Saeed.

Yes that’s right.

I have other smaller pieces of land in the Middle East and some in the USA but the one I am most proud of is the one I just recently developed Port Saeed, was not an easy task to do so but was definitely worth it in the long run.

Something I can reflect on when I’m older and say, “You know what, as hard it was to develop and establish this area, was damn worth it and I’m happy I did!”

Yes, it is quite the accomplishment if you’re a DJ or not. Speaking of which with this area (which I have seen and is quite huge, surprisingly!), any thoughts of developing Port Saeed into a small country by chance?

Ha ha! Well, I would be lying to you if that thought didn’t cross my mind, there are some very difficult logistics to look into for that to happen and will take some time to do so, but It is something that I will definitely like to happen in the near future.

Haha! Nice one, mate! With all this talk of a developing country what would you have to say with these following questions: Hypothetically speaking of course, let’s say Port Saeed does in fact become a small country of its own, since you have run your own record labels before and currently run Younan Music, a digital label for a digital world, which track would you choose as your national anthem?

Great question for sure. Hmmm… it would probably have to be one of my own productions or I’m thinking most likely one of our tracks from the Younan Music catalog, since you can’t go wrong with exposure like that!

Yeah, ‘Go Deep featuring Nadia’ as a National Anthem for Port Saeed does have a nice ring to it.

Ha! It does but is a bit too vulgar for it, would have to be something else.

For currency would you come up with your own for Port Saeed?

Well, as an American citizen for the time being, we would be using that good ol’ American dollar of ours.

But what a lot of people don’t know is that I’m pretty tight with presidential candidate Barack Obama; his wife and my wife to be used to go to high school together, so if he does become the next president of the United States will be a lot easier to develop Port Saeed into its own country for the future.

It’s definitely a small world, for sure!

Yeah, I did hear about that actually - how you were homies with Obama.  Is it true that you were trying to get him to change the state name of Oklahoma to Oklabama?

No, that was actually someone else, I was the one who started the current phenomenon known as “Joebama”.

You know, Joe Bidden vice presidential candidate that Barack Obama currently picked to run with him for the Democrats.

Nice one! Well, as we all know that some particular areas of the world are known for certain facets of life such as sports, food, music etc. What would yours be for Port Saeed?

It would definitely have to be food and drink with out a doubt. There is a McDonald’s in our Port Saeed area and I absolutely love - the “McArabia”.

It’s the bomb! Either that, or an Asian version of Kentucky Fried Chicken; it’s pretty much a toss up between those two.

For drink would have to be Starbucks coffee, can’t get enough of those grande double double mocha chocolate lattes; it’s what keeps me up late at night when I’m getting my groove on in the studio cooking up them beats!

Interesting...

Yeah it is, we’re currently in talks with having a KFC and Starbucks in Port Saeed - you know since they’re pretty much everywhere else in the world.

Any future aspirations for Port Saeed?

Definitely. Would be a dream for us if we would one day be able to enter the Olympics as a country and show our true spirits and colors of who we are as a nation.

Any particular sports your athletes would excel in?

Well, in the recent Beijing Olympics there were some small countries in the world, who actually won medals even if they only had four athletes competing for their country. 

We would definitely have to enter the synchronized Yahtzee dice-rolling competition and maybe just maybe javelin catching if we’re lucky.

So, your latest EP is actually titled ‘Port Saeed’. Care to tell us more about it?

Certainly. Like I said I was proud to establish and secure my own area called Port Saeed, with this inspiration came these tracks ‘Wassup Wasabi’ based on my several eating adventures around the world and my love for sushi and other foods, along with ‘Tek the Bass’ and ‘Speaker Funk’.

It’s my latest release now on Younan Music and is currently available now on Beatport.

Thanks for stopping by Saeed, we certainly appreciate it.

No problem! Was a pleasure.

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