Hamnawa

Hamnawa Select Aug '25

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

Sep 2 • 

Zeerak Ahmed

 and 

Shahmir

August 2025

New software for Pakistani musicians

Laila Dodhy writes in to announce the launch of her new software for Pakistani musicians.

Aug 5 • 

Zeerak Ahmed

2

July 2025

Hamnawa Select July '25

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

Jul 30 • 

Zeerak Ahmed

 and 

Shahmir

1

June 2025

Hamnawa Select June '25

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

Jun 30 • 

Zeerak Ahmed

 and 

Shahmir

2

Hamnawa Select May '25

Eid Mubarak!

Jun 9 • 

Zeerak Ahmed

 and 

Shahmir

1

May 2025

Hamnawa Select Apr '25

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

May 15 • 

Laila Dodhy

, 

Zeerak Ahmed

, and 

Shahmir

5

April 2025

دادرا

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

Apr 15 • 

Laila Dodhy

5

6

Musab's Qawwali Listening Session Returns This Saturday

A 3rd Anniversary Special

Apr 9 • 

Zeerak Ahmed

2

Hamnawa Select Mar '25

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

Apr 7 • 

Zeerak Ahmed

, 

Laila Dodhy

, and 

Shahmir

3

March 2025

"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 • 

Zeerak Ahmed

5

"the greatest guitarist you’d never heard about"

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

Mar 20 • 

Zeerak Ahmed

1

"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 • 

Zeerak Ahmed

2