Mazin Hamid () is a Sudanese musician,

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and

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. Known mainly through his popular

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s and live performances as singer and guitarist, he also has published music videos with political messages and composed the musical score for the award-winning Sudanese feature film ''

Goodbye Julia ''Goodbye Julia'' () is a 2023 Sudanese drama film directed by Mohamed Kordofani. It is Kordofani's first feature film and the first movie from Sudan ever to be presented in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival. ''Goodbye Ju ...

''.

Biography and career

Hamid graduated from the Department of Engineering,

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, but later turned to Sudanese music through his recordings and live performance as singer, guitarist, composer and producer of

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. He is considered one of the first Sudanese artist to produce a

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singing multiple vocal tracks for the same song on

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. His personal musical identity is known for his contemporary Sudanese

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style as well as for his "deep vocals and beautiful classical

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." He has mostly released original songs and was invited to perform for the Delegation of the

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in Sudan, among other official occasions. In 2016, the German Cultural Centre in

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produced his song ''Al Ghorba Maha Ekhtiyar'' (''Exile is not a choice'') for an international project, featuring

from Sudan,

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and the Middle East. During the

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, Hamid organised an online "''Together at Home''" concert to help people through the pandemic. He has also been involved in initiatives to raise awareness and support causes such as ending

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(FGM) in Sudan. Further, Hamid was vocal during the

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. In 2022,

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raided his radio studio and took him “with great cruelty” to an unknown destination, and on 14 February 2022, he was released from

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prison. In 2022, Hamid created the musical score for the feature film ''

'', the first Sudanese film to be presented at the

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. He recorded it during ongoing clashes between the military and civil society in Khartoum. In an interview about the social contrasts he wanted to illustrate by his film and notably the musical score, director Mohamed Kordofani said:

References

External links

Mazin Hamid
on

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Music video by Mazin Hamid "Al jundi al majhool" (The Unknown Soldier)
on YouTube
"Al Durub al akheer" (The final blows), 22-minute music video about the 2019 Sudan Revolution by Mazin Hamid
on YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamid, Mazin Living people 21st-century Sudanese artists Sudanese composers Year of birth missing (living people) Sudanese guitarists People from Khartoum

Biography and career

See also

References

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