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Hamnawa Select June '25

These are our selections for new and notable music for June 2025.

Jun 30 •

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Hamnawa Select May '25

Jun 9 •

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Hamnawa Select Apr '25

These are our selections for new and notable music for April 2025.

May 15 •

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Almost 10 years ago, Zeb and the late Haniya released Dadra, which remains achingly relevant even now.

Apr 15 •

Musab's Qawwali Listening Session Returns This Saturday

A 3rd Anniversary Special

Apr 9 •

Most Popular

On Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and his Chain of Light

Aug 16, 2024 • Musab

A profile of Abdul Hannan

Apr 18, 2024 • Zeerak Ahmed

Aug 31, 2022 • Musab

Matchbox Mosaics

Nov 3, 2023 • Laila Dodhy

Hamnawa Select

Hamnawa Select June '25

These are our selections for new and notable music for June 2025.

Jun 30 •

and

Hamnawa Select May '25

Jun 9 •

and

Hamnawa Select Apr '25

These are our selections for new and notable music for April 2025.

May 15 •

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Hamnawa Select Mar '25

These are our selections for new and notable music for March 2025.

Apr 7 •

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The latest from

Zeerak Ahmed

Hamnawa Select June '25

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Hamnawa Select June '25

Laila Dodhy

Hamnawa Select Apr '25

Recent posts

Hamnawa Select Mar '25

These are our selections for new and notable music for March 2025.

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"you’ve almost certainly heard of her in the ether"

I usually don’t write about wife of the show Natasha Noorani’s work on Hamnawa.

Mar 24 •

"the greatest guitarist you’d never heard about"

Osman Samiuddin writes an incredibly moving piece chasing the ghost of legendary Karachi guitarist:

Mar 20 •

"the biggest, most influential musician in Pakistan right now"

I wanted to send over friend of the show Ahmer Naqvi’s profile of Talha Anjum for Dawn. This essay was written around the release of Anjum’s film Kattar…

Mar 16 •

Hamnawa Select Feb '25

These are our selections for new and notable music for February 2025.

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Podcasts

Hamnawa Podcast

18: "Roger Waters kyun nahin hai is ganay mein" - a discussion on Hamnawa Select April '24

Links

Our music channel

Hamnawa on Spotify

New playlists every month

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