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Hamnawa Select August '26

These are our selections for new and notable music for August 2026.

5 hrs ago • Zeerak Ahmed, Laila Dodhy, and Shahmir

Hamnawa Select July '26

These are our selections for new and notable music for July 2026.

Aug 2 • Zeerak Ahmed and Laila Dodhy

Hamnawa Select June '26

These are our selections for new and notable music for June 2026.

Jun 30 • Zeerak Ahmed, Laila Dodhy, and Shahmir

Radio Pakistan archive on YouTube

Like every Qawwali session Musab hosts, the one in April introduced me to a wealth of old Pakistani music.

Jun 11 • Laila Dodhy

Musab's Next Listening Session is June 13

Friend and contributor to Hamnawa, Musab regularly hosts listening sessions (as some of you may know).

Jun 9 • Zeerak Ahmed

How to become a classical music person (in a hyper-optimized world)

In a culture obsessed with hyper-optimizing everything, from sleep hygiene and protein counts, to 2x speed podcasts, side hustles, and AI-generated…

Jun 2 • Laila Dodhy

Hamnawa Select May '26

These are our selections for new and notable music for May 2026.

May 25 • Zeerak Ahmed, Laila Dodhy, and Shahmir

Hamnawa Select Apr '26

These are our selections for new and notable music for April 2026.

Apr 27 • Zeerak Ahmed and Laila Dodhy

Musab's Qawwali Session is Happening Now!

I am sending this too late, so this announcement is being sent after the session has begun.

Apr 11 • Zeerak Ahmed

Hamnawa Select Mar '26

These are our selections for new and notable music for March 2026.

Mar 29 • Laila Dodhy, Shahmir, and Zeerak Ahmed

Hamnawa Select - Monthly playlists of what's notable in Pakistani music

Hamnawa Select August '26

These are our selections for new and notable music for August 2026.

5 hrs ago • Zeerak Ahmed, Laila Dodhy, and Shahmir

Hamnawa Select July '26

These are our selections for new and notable music for July 2026.

Aug 2 • Zeerak Ahmed and Laila Dodhy

Hamnawa Select June '26

These are our selections for new and notable music for June 2026.

Jun 30 • Zeerak Ahmed, Laila Dodhy, and Shahmir

Hamnawa Select May '26

These are our selections for new and notable music for May 2026.

May 25 • Zeerak Ahmed, Laila Dodhy, and Shahmir

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Hamnawa Select August '26

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Hamnawa Select August '26

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Hamnawa Select August '26

Best of 2025 – Zeerak's picks

CLOSE2ME - Talal Qureshi, Annural Khalid

Mar 12 • Zeerak Ahmed

Best of 2025 – Shahmir's picks

Pal Pal - Afusic, Ali Soomro

Mar 10 • Shahmir

Best of 2025 – Laila's picks

Editor’s note: we know that this series is quite late.

Mar 6 • Laila Dodhy

Hamnawa Select Feb '26

These are our selections for new and notable music for February 2026.

Mar 2 • Zeerak Ahmed, Laila Dodhy, and Shahmir

Hamnawa Select Jan '26

These are our selections for new and notable music for January 2026.

Feb 3 • Zeerak Ahmed, Laila Dodhy, and Shahmir

Links

Our music channel

Hamnawa on Spotify

New playlists every month

Podcasts

Hamnawa Podcast

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

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