Syed Nadeem Raza Sarwar (in Urdu ندیم سرور) is a world famous Shia
Pakistani Noha, Naat and Manqabat reciter and poet. He is well known in
the Shia as well as Sunni community and is considered the best Noha
Khwaan (Noha reciter) of present because of his unique style of
recitation.
He rose to fame in the 1980s when his Nohas gained popularity
overseas. Since then he has recited several hundred Nohas all over the
world wherever a Shia population exists. He has also released recorded
collections of 9 to 12 Nohas every year since 1980 and has published
many books of his Nohas.[2] Hehas hitherto released 32 albums of Noha
cassette, CDs and DVDs from 1980 - 2013.Though he mostly recites in
Urdu,he has also recited in languages such as Sindhi, Sariki, Punjabi,
Pushto,Pourbi, Hindi, Gujarati, Persian, Arabic, English, and French. He
is very popular among the youth with many copying his style to be
similarly popular and some of them have seen success. His collections of
Nohas are very popular during the Islamic month of Muharram when his
Nohas are listened to and recited by many. He has collaborated several
times with the famous Pakistani Poet Rehan Azmi. Most of the Nohas
recited by him are his "Kalaam".
Nadeem Sarwar is a Noha Khwaan from Karachi, Pakistan. Nohas are
poetry vocalized melodically in expressing the sorrow felt by Shi’a
Muslims for their leader Prophet Muhammad’s (SW) grandson Imam Hussain
(AS) and his family who were martyred at the Battle of Karbala, Iraq on
10th Muharram in the year 61 of Islamic calendar (680 AD).
Nadeem Sarwar is the son of late Syed Asrar Hussain Rizvi and Syeda
Narjis Khatoon. Atthe age of four he started Noha Khuwani with help of
his mother and father. Nadeem Sarwar is married and has 3 children, 2
sons and 1 daughter and lives inKarachi, Pakistan. His sons are Ali
Shanawar and Ali Jee and both also very famous noha reciters in the
world.
Nadeem Sarwar has recited in different languages such as Urdu,
Sindhi, Saraiki,Punjabi, Pushto, Pourbi, Hindi, Gujarati, Persian and
Arabic.Nadeem Sarwar has recited Noha in many different ways of matam
like Persian matam,Arabic matam, Quetta matam, Parachanar matam, Afghan
matam, Sariki matam,Punjabi matam, Sindhi matam, Hyderabad Deccan matam
and Khoja Shia thna Asheri matam. Nadeem Sarwar has recited more than
300 kalaams up to date. Nadeem Sarwar have maintained the quality and
standard of his albums for the last 32 years and have also maintained
his no 1 position in the world of noharecitation. These Marsias and Noha
are very popular especially with children. Nadeem Sarwar has recited
these Marsias and Nohas from writers of Islam, such as Mir Babar Ali
Anis, Mirza Salamat Ali, Dabeer, Mirza Ghulam Mohammad Nazeer (Brother
of Dabeer) Nisar Mussayab, H.Naqvi Sadaf Jalalvi, Anees Pahersari,
Shohrat Bilgrami, Mehshar Lakhnavi, Kazim Shaukat Bilgrami, Dr. Hilaal
Naqvi, Aal -e- Muhammad Razmi, Rehan Aazmi.
Nadeem Sarwar has travelled to 4
continents throughout to promote Azadari, These include many countries
and cities around the Globe, including the best of Imam bargah. He has
had many other invitations from various other cities.
He has seen Azadari at different
levels. Whilst travelling the world, Nadeem Sarwar has been given the
chance to appear in many world-wide as well as local newspapers and
television stations, including, TelevisionAsia, ZeeTV, Pakistan
Television, Dar-es-Salaam Television and Midlands Asian Television,
Ahlebait TV, Haadi TV,Geo TV, ARY TV, Samaa TV, Metro TV and numerous
other TV channels of India,Pakistan and Arab. Academic background:
mechanical engineering, commercial designing, fine art, as well as
interior designing. Nadeem Sarwar also played first class cricket in
Pakistan and also have interest Table Tennis & Badminton.
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