He jointly won, with Tai Shani, Oscar Murillo and Helen Cammock, the 2019 Turner Prize for his work based on interviews with former detainees at a Syrian prison.
[2][3][4] In September 2023, he plans to open Earshot, "the first agency for sound and acoustic analysis dedicated to open-source investigators and the field of human rights.
"[5] Born in Amman, Jordan to a Lebanese father and an English mother,[6] Abu Hamdan grew up in York in the UK.
[7] In the 2000s he played in a series of DIY bands, including Isambard Kingston Brunel, Poltergroom and Cleckhuddersfax, who released records on the London-based label Upset The Rhythm.
"[10] Describing himself as a "private ear",[11] his work confronts specific instances and examples of listening and the voice as they related to legal and political contexts.