Hamza Namira
Egyptian singer, songwriter, and music producer · Egypt · On the map · Musicians · Born 1980 · age 45
An Egyptian singer-songwriter whose humanist lyrics - hope, alienation, oppression - became anthems during the 25 January revolution, earning him the label "Voice of the Revolution" after he joined the protests himself.
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The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.
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Hamza Namira built a catalog that deliberately turned from love songs toward sociopolitical themes and cultural revival, releasing three albums through Awakening Records (Dream With Me, Insan, Esmaani) before founding his own label, Namira production, for Hateer Min Tany and Mawlood Sanat 80. A multi-instrumentalist who composes and arranges - he wrote album-title tracks like Esmaani and Insan, collaborated on Maher Zain's Ya Nabi Salam Alayka, and even arranged a cartoony Egyptian Jingle Bells remake - he stretched into shaabi music with Esta3izo on his fourth record. The 25 January revolution pulled his work into the spotlight: he participated in the streets, and his track Dari Ya Alby from the third album topped SoundCloud's chart for nearly a month. The moment made him a symbolic figure, but the themes - generational change, hope against oppression - were already there.
