Nadeem Sarwar

Who is Nadeem Sarwar?

Syed Nadeem Raza Sarwar 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 of present because of his unique style of recitation.[1] 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 "Kalaam".