Banning Eyre reviews the new CD "A Wish" by Hamza El Din (HAHM-zah EL DIN). Hamza is a Nubian musician, from southern Egypt. His village was flooded in 1964 when the Aswan High Dam was completed. Although he has lived in the US since that time, he has continued to play the traditional music of Nubia. On this gorgeous recording, he sings and plays both drum and oud, and invites an array of select musicians to accompany him.

All Things Considered - A Wish -  July 16, 1999 - NPR Radio

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Hamza El Din (July 10, 1929 – May 22, 2006) was a Nubian composer, oud player, tar player, and vocalist.
Biography
Hamza el din, the celebrated nubian musician and singer he was born in toshka ( nubian village) in south of egypt and some people said he was born in wadi halfa anyway he was born in 1929 .
he began to study music at the Cairo University, continuing his studies at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. 
he also studied in Ibrahim Shafiq's Institute of Music and the King Fouad Institute...See more
Description
Born in the village of Toshka, Aswan ,Egypt, he was originally trained to be an electrical engineer. After working in Cairo for the Egyptian national railroad, El Din changed direction and began to study music at the Cairo University, continuing his studies at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome; he also studied in Ibrahim Shafiq's Institute of Music and the King Fouad Institute for Middle Eastern Music, and traveled in Egypt on a government grant collecting folksongs. His performances attracted the attention of the Grateful Dead, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan in the 1960s, which led to a recording contract and to his eventual emigration to the United States. Like much of Egyptian Nubia, his home village of Toshka was flooded due to the construction of the Aswan High Dam in the 1960s.
Band interests
http://www.reverbnation.com/hamzaeldin

اللهُ الله ربِّي لا أُشركُ به شيئًا.

هُوَ ربِّى لا إله إلا هو عليهِ توَكَّلتُ وإليه متاب
عليه توكلتُ وإليهِ أنيب

All Things Considered - A Wish - July 16, 1999 - NPR Radio

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