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Hamza Namira

{{Short description|Egyptian singer, songwriter, and music producer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Hamza Namira

| image = Hamza_Namira_Concert.jpeg

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| caption = Namira performing at a concert in 2010

| native_name = حمزة نمرة

| native_name_lang = arz

| alias =

| birth_name = Hamza Namira

| origin = Egypt

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1980}}{{Cite news |last=عايش [Ayesh] |first=محمد [Muhammad] |date=18 January 2014 |title=مصري تربَّى في السعودية أصبح أشهر فناني الثورة [An Egyptian raised in KSA became the most popular artist of the Egyptian revolution] |work=Alarabiya.net |url=https://www.alarabiya.net/ar/culture-and-art/2014/01/18/%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8E%D9%91%D9%89-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%AD-%D8%A3%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1-%D9%81%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9# |access-date=2 April 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Abdelrazek|first=Alaa|date=21 Dec 2020|title=تصدر موقع يوتيوب بمصر.. حمزة نمرة صوت الثورة يعود بـ"مولود سنة 80"|trans-title=Topping Youtube Egypt .. Hamza Namira, Voice of the Revolution, Returns with "Born in the Year 80"|work=Al Jazeera|url=https://www.aljazeera.net/news/arts/2020/12/21/%D8%A3%D8%AD%D8%AF-%D8%A3%D9%83%D8%AB%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%A5%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%84-%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%A9}}

| birth_place = Diriyah, Saudi Arabia{{Cite tweet|user=HamzaNamira|number=1500581681404776452|title=Though I was born in Diriyah (not Abha, as Wikipedia says with lots of the usual inaccuracies), I lived for a long while and went to school in Riyadh. This was the house I lived at}}

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| instrument = {{flat list |

  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • Oud

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| years_active = 1999–present

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| website = {{URL|https://hamzanamira.net/}}

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Hamza Namira ({{langx|ar|حمزة نمرة}}) is an Egyptian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has released three albums from the production of Awakening Records: Dream With Me, Insan, Esmaani; and a couple of albums from Namira production, his own foundation: Hateer Min Tany and Mawlood Sanat 80. Besides singing, for which he is mostly known, he has also worked in musical composition and arrangement. Hamza composed some of his own work, like the album heads Esmaani and Insan, along with some collaborations with other artists, like Maher Zain's song Ya Nabi Salam Alayka. He also contributed to arranging the cartoony remake Egyptian Jingle Bells (also known as Oh la la song), which was the first shaabi work in his repertoire, later followed by Esta3izo in his fourth studio album.{{Cite news |last=أيمن [Ayman] |first=كرمة [Karma] |title="فلكزيون" مع حمزة نمرة: برضه مكملين [Follkzion with Hamza Namira: we are still going on] |work=Masr al-Arabiya |url=https://masralarabia.net/%D9%81%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9/175951-%D9%81%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D9%86%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B6%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%83%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86 |access-date=2 April 2020}}

Hamza's work is mostly marked by a recurring sociopolitical theme, diverting from love songs and focusing on topics of general humanist interest, like hope, alienation, generational change, and oppression.{{Cite web |date=2016-12-22 |title=Egyptian singer Hamza Namira to make London debut |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1027751/offbeat |access-date=2020-12-26 |website=Arab News |language=en}} He's also interested in reviving cultural heritage. Having been dubbed "Voice of the Revolution", works of Hamza rose to prominence during the 25 January revolution, in which he personally participated, and was considered a symbolic figure thereof.{{Cite web |last=Foley |first=Sean |date=10 Apr 2012 |title=The Artist of the Revolution: Hamza Namira, the Arab Spring, and the Dream of a Free Egypt |url=https://www.mei.edu/publications/artist-revolution-hamza-namira-arab-spring-and-dream-free-egypt |access-date=2020-12-26 |website=Middle East Institute |language=en}} Dari Ya Alby, from his third album, topped the SoundCloud chart for almost a month.{{Cite web |last=Guan |first=Frank |date=2018-02-27 |title=For Weeks, the Top Artist on SoundCloud Was an Icon of the Arab Spring |url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/02/the-top-artist-on-soundcloud-was-an-icon-of-the-arab-spring.html |access-date=2020-12-26 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}}

Career

=Beginnings=

Namira started to develop an interest in music when he was 17 years old, when he set about learning the guitar, keyboard, and ‘oud. He also vested interests in several musical styles: Middle Eastern, Egyptian traditional and folk music, light rock, jazz, and Latin music. From 1999 until 2004, Namira played in a band headed by the Alexandrian artist Nabil Bakly. Although a relatively unknown musician, Namira later said that Bakly was his main musical influence. He then went on to form his own group. Namira composed his first songs and managed to get a few like-minded friends together to establish the band "Nomaira". In the meantime, he studied commerce at the Alexandria University and graduated in 2003.{{Cite tweet |number=1106895581673410563 |user=HamzaNamira |title=أنا خريج تجارة إنجليزي جامعة اسكندرية دفعة ٢٠٠٣ واشتغلت فترة في إدارة المشروعات.. كانت أيام صعبة |date=16 March 2019 |language=ar}}

In light of Namira's debut album, which had a main fan base of college students, one commentator described him as the "new Sayed Darwish", a cover of whose song, Shedd El Hizam, was released in the album.{{Cite news |date=4 July 2009 |title=Hamza Namira's "Dream With Me" restores Sayed Darwish |publisher=Al-Mustaqbal |url=http://www.almustaqbal.com/v4/Article.aspx?Type=np&Articleid=361151 |access-date=21 August 2014}}

=Breakthrough success=

Namira's second album, Insan [Human] was released in July 2011.{{Cite web |last=Abou Arab |first=Bassem |date=1 Aug 2011 |title=Hamza Namira: Insan |url=http://www.cairo360.com/article/music/2383/hamza-namira-insan |access-date=21 August 2014 |website=Cairo360}} This coincided with the Arab spring, which he declared was a main factor in his popularity. According to him, he wants to express the real issues of his generation that mainstream works don't cover due to concerns of musical market needs and pressure from production companies.{{Cite news |date=9 February 2018 |title=Exclusive interview with Hamza Namira: 'I'm not a politician or activist' |work=The New Arab |url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2018/2/9/hamza-namira-im-not-a-politician-or-activist |access-date=2 April 2020}}

When British Prime Minister David Cameron visited Egypt on 21 February 2011 (only ten days after President Hosni Mubarak left office), Namira was one of a select group of people invited to meet with him and to participate in a one-hour discussion about the future of Egypt.

Namira's fixation on sociopolitical issues continued along the timeline of the Egyptian part of the Arab Spring. In January 2014, he released a single, Wa Ollak Eh, in which he emphasized on rejecting violence, hatred, and the general polarized environment following the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état and Rabia massacre.{{Cite web |date=2014-01-23 |title=البرادعي يغني على تويتر "امتى نفوق؟" ويرفض "الحرث بالبحر |trans-title=ElBaradei Sings "When shall we wake up?" on Twitter and Rejects Pounding Sand |url=https://arabic.cnn.com/middleeast/2014/01/23/elbaradei-egypt |access-date=2020-12-26 |website=CNN Arabic |language=ar}}

=''Remix'' series=

In 2016, Namira launched his own weekly TV series Remix ({{langx|ar|ريمكس}}) on the pan-Arab TV channel Al Araby.{{Cite web |last=Lavent |first=Tine |date=10 November 2016 |title=Hamza Namira is Back |url=https://egyptianstreets.com/2016/11/10/hamza-namira-is-back/ |website=Egyptian Streets}} {{As of|2020|Dec|24}}, 3 seasons of the show were released, with a total number of 34 episodes. Along the series, Namira blended different music genres with local lyrics, including flamenco, electro, celtic, and others. Arabic lyrics were adopted from the Maghreb, the levant, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, while non-Arab included Amazigh, Kurdish, and Armenian.

With a running time of around 20–30 minutes, each episode would examine the historical origin and evolution of a work of folklore or pop culture in an Arab region, or sometimes in even other neighboring regions, like Armenia and Kurdistan. In exploration of the musical piece, Namira would interview original artists (if still alive), their family members, local enthusiasts, or cultural officials. For example, he met with Hamdi Benani for an Algerian cover, and with the grandparent of Sayed Darwish for a remake of his Yā Wild ʿammy ({{Langx|ar|يا ولد عمي|lit=O, cousin|translit=}}).{{Cite episode |title=يا ولد عمي |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIJyvtlLf6A |series=Remix |network=Al Araby |date=21 Feb 2002 |season=3 |number=4}} At the end of each episode, Hamza would publicly perform a remix of the work, usually outside its place of origin or popularity. A number of songs were performed in London, which is both the headquarter of Al Araby and Hamza's place of residence. Works of Remix were mostly collaborative, featuring Lowkey, Babylone, Isam Bachiri, Hamid Al Shaeri, among others.

Discography

=Albums=

== Studio albums ==

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Year

!Title

!Label

! Track list

2008Ehlam Maaya (Dream With Me)Awakening Records#Morgiha – A Swing

  1. Ehlam Ma'aya – Dream With Me
  2. Konna Wehna Soghar – When We Were Young
  3. Fattah Shababeek 'Eeeneik – Spread out Your Eyes
  4. Shedd El Hizam – Tighten Up Your Belt
  5. Ya Tair – O' Bird
  6. Wana Fi Tareeqy – While On My Way
  7. Al Taghreeba – Alienation
  8. Ya Rabb – O' Lord
  9. Ehlam Ma'aya (Acoustic Version) – Dream With Me
2011Insan (A Human)Awakening Records#Insan – A Human
  • El-Midan – The Square
  • Hansa – I'll Forget
  • Taghreeba II – Alienation 2
  • Ya Muhawwin – O' Consoler
  • Ewidooni – Promise Me
  • Ibn El-Watan – Compatriot
  • Balady Ya Balady – Homeland, O' Homeland
  • Ya Hanah! – Lucky him!
  • Doori – Roll on
  • Haser Hesarak – Besiege Your Siege
  • Ala Bab Allah – By Allah's Door
  • Wushoosh – Faces
  • Sout – A Voice
  • Hila Hila Ya Matar – Come Down O' Rain!
  • Esmy Masr – My Name's Egypt
    • 2014Esmaani (Listen Up)Awakening Records#Esmaani – Listen Up!
  • Sabah El-Kheer – Good Morning
  • Ya Lala
  • Ay Kalam – Empty Words
  • Dalmet kda leeh – Why The Darkness?
  • El-Atr – The Train
  • Tesmahy- Would You?
  • Ya Sidi – My Master
  • La Tabki – Don't Cry
  • Kollo Beya'addi – It All Pass
  • Ya Mazloum – O' Oppressed One
  • Ma'Assalama – Farewell (Alienation 3)
    • 2018Hateer Min Tany (I'll Fly Again)Namira#Dari Ya Alby – Dissemble, My Heart
  • Sheekayyo
  • Hateer Min Tany – I'll fly again
  • Wala Sohba Ahla – Not a Better Company
  • Bos Bos – Look, Look!
  • Zahra
  • El Wad El Abeet – The Naive Boy
  • Dari Ya Alby (acoustic)
  • Madadd – Help!
  • Shuwayyet Habayeb – Some Dears
    • 2020Mawlood Sanat 80 (Born in the Year 80)Namira#Mawlood Sanat 80 – Born in the Year 80
  • El Waqaa El Akheera – The Last Fall
  • Esta'eezo – Seek refuge
  • El Saa'a 6 Sabahan – 6 in the Morning
  • Faady Shuwayya – A Bit Idle
  • Mesh Mohem – Doesn't Matter
  • Yaaba – Buddy
  • Ahkeelak Khofy – Tell You About My Fear
  • Ma'lesh – Sorry
  • El Essa W Elli Kaan – The Story and How it Went
  • Ghenwa Leek Min Alby – A Song From The Heart To You
  • Feeh Naas – There's People

    • ==Remix==

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    Season (Year)

    !Release Date

    !Track

    !English Translation

    !Collaborator(s)

    !Fused genre

    !Original Work

    rowspan="12" | Season 1 (2016)

    |15 April

    |Inas Inas (4:56)

    |Tell him, Tell him

    |Reminisce Reggae Band

    |Reggae

    |Mohamed Rouicha (Morocco, Amazighi folklore)

    21 April

    |Wa Sari Sara El Leil/Wein a Ramallah (5:46/1:20)

    |Oh, the Night Went By/Where? To Ramallah

    |{{Ill|Tarek an Nasser|lt=|ar|طارق الناصر|WD=}} and Rum band

    |Arabic pop

    |Jordanian/Palestinian folklore/{{Ill|Salwa Al-Aas|lt=|ar|سلوى العاص|WD=}}

    28 April

    |Ya Zareef Al Tool (5:05)

    |O' Statuesque

    |47Soul

    |Shamstep

    |Palestinian folklore (Dabke)

    5 May

    |Ya Oud Al Rouman (3:41)

    |O' Trunk of Pomegranate

    |Baraka

    |African music

    |{{Ill|Fata Najran|lt=|ar|فتى نجران|WD=}} (Saudi folklore)

    12 May

    |Ya Nes Jaratli Gharaeeb (5:50)

    |Wonders Befell Me, O' People!

    |{{Ill|Zap Tharwat|lt=|ar|زاب ثروت|WD=}}, Omar Sammur, and Ben Eaton

    |hip-hop music

    |Hamdi Benani (Tunisian/Algerian Ma'luf)

    19 May

    |Mal Almagadir (4:29)

    |What's With the Goings?

    |Nour Project

    |smooth jazz

    |{{Ill|Ahmed Munib|lt=|ar|أحمد منيب|WD=}}; {{Ill|Katkot Elamir|arz|كتكوت الامير}} (Nubian folklore; Egyptian Shaabi)

    26 May

    |Manich Mena (4:25)

    |I Don't Belong Here

    |AlQoura

    |funk music

    |Algerian/Moroccan folklore; Reggada

    2 June

    |Salma Ya Salama/Raggle Taggle Gypsy (4:23)

    |Farewell O' Salama

    |Wraggle Taggle Band

    |Irish music

    |Sayed Darwish (Egyptian Zajal)

    7 July

    |Wain Ayamak Wain (2:44)

    |Long Since Your Time

    |Hamid Al Shaeri

    |electro music

    |(Libyan folklore)

    14 July

    |Ya Bahr El Toufan (4:13)

    |O' Floody Sea

    |Valkania

    |Balkan Music

    |Boudjemaâ El Ankis, {{Ill|Mohamed El Badji|lt=|ar|محمد الباجي|fr|Mohamed El Badji|WD=}} (Algerian Chaabi)

    21 July

    |{{Ill|Jaljal Alayya Al Romman|lt=|ar|جلجل عليه الرمان|WD=}} (4:47)

    |Pomegranate Enshadows Me

    |Ian Burdge, Chris Worsey, and Simon Hale

    |Classical music

    |Iraqi folklore

    28 July

    |Yawman Toatebna (4:05)

    |We Once Gave Reproof

    |Ramon Ruiz and Manuel de la Niña

    |Flamenco

    |Port-Saidi folklore (Simsimiyya)

    rowspan="13" | Season 2 (2018)

    |28 September

    |Khlili (3:45)

    |My Beloved

    |Génération Taragalte

    |Tuareg music

    |{{ill|Lemchaheb|fr|Lemchaheb|ar|لمشاهب (فرقة)}} (Berber music)

    5 October

    |Yamma Mwel El Hawa (3:04)

    |What's with the Longing, Mother?

    |Frankly Jazz

    |Jazz music

    |Palestinian folklore

    12 October

    |Dar Ya Dar (4:17)

    |Home, Oh Home

    |Eftekasat

    |World fusion

    |Wadih El Safi(Lebanon)

    26 October

    |Siniya (3:23)

    |Dining Table

    |Autostrad

    |Alternative rock

    |Nass El Ghiwane (Moroccan chaabi & folklore)

    2 November

    |Ya Tair Ya Tayer (3:28)

    |O' Soaring Bird

    |Balkanatics

    |Balkan music

    |{{Ill|Ismail Khidr|ar|إسماعيل خضر}}; {{Ill|Jamil AlAas|ar|جميل العاص}} (Jordanian folklore)

    9 November

    |Gmar El Ghorba (4:11)

    |Moon of Alienation

    |Artmasta

    |Reggaeton

    |Walid Tounsi (Tunisian chaabi)

    16 November

    |Ayoub wu Na'saa (4:56)

    |Ayoub and Na'saa

    |{{Ill|Aytac Dogan|tr|Aytaç Doğan}}

    |World music

    |{{Ill|Khadra Mohamed Khidr|ar|خضرة محمد خضر}} (Egyptian folklore)

    23 November

    |Ya Yomma Fe Dag 'Aa Babna (3:44)

    |The Door's Knocking, Mother

    |Smith & Sons

    |Bluegrass music

    |{{Ill|Abu Arab|simple|Ibrahim Muhammad Abu Arab|ar|أبو عرب}} (Palestinian folklore)

    30 November

    |Tunisian Hadrah (Al Burdah) (3:34)

    |The Mantle

    |Emre Moğulkoç

    |Sufi music

    |Sufi Nasheed

    7 December

    |Ya Zare'e El Bazringosh (3:31)

    |O' Cultivator of Bazringosh

    |Declan Zapala

    |Classical music

    |Iraqi folklore

    14 December

    |'Aytat L'ammala (3:35)

    |The Prefectural Lament

    |Habib Belk

    |Gnawa music

    |Moroccan Aita

    21 December

    |Nazani (3:03)

    |Graceful

    |Dante Ferrara

    |Classical music

    |{{lang|hy|Նազանի}} by Sayat-Nova (Armenian folklore)

    29 December

    |Erdi 'Alina Ya Lmeema (3:43)

    |Be Pleased With Us, Mother

    |8-Ball band

    |Indie rock

    |Salah Farzit (Tunisian chaabi)

    == Extended plays ==

    class="wikitable"

    |+

    YearTitleTrack list
    2015El Mesaharaty (Suhur waker)#Zeina

    1. Zahma – Jam
    2. Ghorba – Alienation
    3. Kora – Football
    4. Helal – Crescent
    5. Manish Darwish – I'm no Dervish
    6. Wasfa – Recipe
    7. Iblees – Lucifer
    8. Nabina – Our Prophet
    9. Taraweeh – Tarawih
    10. El Omm – Mother
    11. Napoleon
    12. Khatma – A Complete Recitation
    13. Intizar – Waiting
    14. Istighfar
    15. Akher 10 Ayam – The Last 10 Days
    16. Daqqet Tabla – Beat of Drums
    17. Leilet AlQadr – Qadr Night
    18. Akher Leila – The Last Night

    =Singles=

    class="wikitable"
    Year

    ! Release Date

    ! Title

    2009

    |22 December

    |Asforein – Two Birds

    2011

    |21 October

    |Lessa El'adl Gheyab – Justice Still Lacking (live)

    2012

    |26 July

    |Betheb Haga – You Love Something (Soundtrack of {{ill|Sehr El Dunia|ar|سحر الدنيا (برنامج تلفزيوني)}} by {{ill|Mustafa Hosny|ar|مصطفى حسني}})

    2012

    |1 August

    |Kun 'Awna – Be of Help (Soundtrack of {{ill|Khawatir|ar|خواطر (برنامج)}} by Ahmad Al Shugairi)

    2013

    |14 June

    |Soundtrack of Bekhtesar (In short) TV show by {{ill|Moataz Abdelfatah|ar|معتز بالله عبد الفتاح}}

    2014

    |21 January

    |Wa Ollak Eh – What to Tell You

    2019

    |8 February

    |Hekayet Tefl – A kid's story

    2020

    |15 October

    |Ft. in Emlaq (Giant) with Hassan El Shafei

    Videography

    class="wikitable sortable"
    YearTitle
    2008* Dream with Me (Ehlam Ma'aya)
    2009* Two Birds (Asforeen)
    2010* O Israel (Ya Israeel)

    • I'm the Egyptian (Ana El-Masri)
    2011* Human (Insan)
  • Hila Hila ya Matar (Come Down O' Rain)
  • Mawaweel
    • 2013* The Square (El-Midan, in Arabic الميدان)
    2014* What to Tell You (Wa Ollak Eih, in Arabic وقلّك إيه)
    2018* Dary ya Alby
    2019* Hekayet Tefl (meaning a kid's story, in Arabic حكاية طفل)
    2020* Mawlood sanat 80 (in Arabic مولود سنة 80)
    2020* Esta3izo (in Arabic استعيذوا)

    Political views

    Hamza has openly opposed the occupation of Palestine and the official position in Egypt towards the Arab–Israeli conflict. He was also a vocal proponent of the Arab spring, naming El Midan after Tahrir Square, due to its role in the Egyptian revolution, and dedicating his Hila Hila Ya Matar for the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia. Namira also dedicated his Hekayet Tefl for the children of Syrian refugees.{{Cite news|date=22 Feb 2019|title=حمزة نمرة يهدي اللاجئين السوريين أحلام "حكاية طفل"|trans-title=Hamza Namira Dedicates the Dreams of "A Kid's Story" to Syrian Refugees|work=Arab48|url=https://www.arab48.com/%D8%AB%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%81%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B9/2019/02/22/%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D9%86%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%AD%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%B7%D9%81%D9%84-}}

    In November 2014, Namira's songs were banned from Egyptian state radio for "criticising the authorities".{{Cite web |date=19 November 2014 |title=Egypt radio bans popular singer Hamza Namira for 'critical' songs |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30119620 |access-date=20 November 2014 |website=BBC News}} In response to questions about the ban and his legal status in Egypt, Hamza declared that he only expresses his opinions as per rights included in the Egyptian constitution, and that he doesn't identify as an activist, nor a politician.

    In an interview with Youm7, Namira emphasized that he doesn't affiliate with the Muslim Brotherhood organization. He expressed his support for the Egyptian Military in the Sinai insurgency and expressed condolences for Ahmed Mansi, an Egyptian colonel killed during a terrorist attack.{{Cite news|date=23 Dec 2020|title=حمزة نمرة يحرق قلوب الإخوان.. الجماعة تهاجم المطرب بعد حواره مع تليفزيون اليوم السابع|language=ar|trans-title=Hamza Namira Burns Muslim Brotherhood's Ears ... The Society Attacks the Singer after his Interview with Youm7 TV|work=youm7|url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/12/23/%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D9%86%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%82-%D9%82%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87/5126216|access-date=28 Dec 2020}}

    He finally returned to settle and resume concerts in Egypt in September 2022 after spending years in exile.{{Cite web |last=Kijamii |title=Hamza Namira Is Back In The Music Scene And Holds A Concert This Weekend {{!}} NileFM {{!}} EGYPT'S#1 FOR HIT MUSIC |url=https://nilefm.com/beats/article/9568/hamza-namira-is-back-in-the-music-scene-and-holds-a-concert-this-weekend |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=nilefm.com}}

    Philanthropy

    Namira joined a two-day UK tour organized by Human Appeal International to fundraise for medical equipment and provide training for more than 10,000 medical practitioners in Egypt.{{Cite news |last=Elkamel |first=Sara |date=27 January 2013 |title=Hamza Namira performs in UK fundraiser for medical equipment for Egypt |publisher=Ahram Online |url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/33/63384/Arts--Culture/Music/Hamza-Namira-performs-in-UK-fundraiser-for-medical.aspx |access-date=21 August 2014}}{{Cite news |date=10 January 2013 |title=Art Alert: Egyptian musician Hamza Namira to perform in two UK concerts |publisher=Ahram Online |url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/33/62172/Arts--Culture/Music/Art-Alert-Egyptian-musician-Hamza-Namira-to-perfor.aspx |access-date=21 August 2014}} He performed in Vienna, Austria in October 2014 in an event organized by Humanic Relief.{{Cite web |title=Opferfest-Veranstaltung |url=http://allevents.in/vienna/opferfest-veranstaltung/1489379201333669 |access-date=8 October 2014 |archive-date=13 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013185248/http://allevents.in/vienna/opferfest-veranstaltung/1489379201333669 |url-status=dead }}

    In 2019, Namira released Hekayet Tefl in collaboration with United Muslim Relief as part of a fundraiser to support children of refugees of the Syrian Civil War in Jordan. The campaign raised around £E90,000.{{Cite web|date=7 Feb 2019|title=Change the Life of a Refugee Child Today|url=https://business.facebook.com/donate/1308672152605278/|website=Facebook Ads}}

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