It was a night that generated a rollercoaster of emotions from bouts of comic relief to concerns over the plight of the Palestinians, and in amongst them were unscripted moments that brought forth muted gasps of admiration particularly when a young lad responded to the MC's question for a DVD prize on what he had learnt from Baba Ali and before that when Sheikh Ahmad Ghazaleh recited Sura Ibrahim.
Brisbane resident and compere of the show, Junaid Ally, kept the proceedings moving along nicely through the evening threatening every now and then to upstage the star billings.
Nazeem Hussain of Salam Cafe fame and his trio entertained with a couple of sketches in between Baba Ali's appearance both on screen and in the flesh.
A vote of thanks from Anas Abdalla turned into a grim reminder of the less than salubrious lives being lived in another part of the world.