Nur Hazwani Afiqah binti Helmi (born 29 January 1997) is a Malaysian singer-songwriter, TV personality, humanitarian activist, model, actress and also known as a Muslimah Beatboxer. She started writing songs at the age of 13 after a week of guitar lessons. Hazwani's first piece titled "Jom Zikir" which she wrote independently was published in 's album #JOM (2013). She began her work in the entertainment industry at a young age and was regarded as one of the industry's youngest songwriters. She was a runner in Astro Oasis' reality TV show, in 2018 with a duo group known as The Helmis.
Hazwani was born in Hospital Besar Kuala Terengganu during the last ten nights of Ramadan. She was the youngest out of four siblings (two sisters and a brother) in her family. She then was raised in Tawau, Sabah for 11 years from the age of 3 until 14 years old. From 2002 to 2003, she received her early education at Tawau Pre-Islamic School. Hazwani then furthers her primary education in SK Holy Trinity and Tawau Primary Islamic School from 2004 until 2009. She completed her secondary school studies at SMK Tawau before moving to Kuala Lumpur two years later. She then managed to graduate from high school in SMK Perimbun majoring in art stream (accounting). At the end of the 2015âÂÂ2016 academic year, she resumed her studies at IIUM's Centre for Foundation Studies. Finally, she graduated with her bachelor's degree in Psychology from International Islamic University Malaysia in 2021 and had her graduation ceremony in August 2022.
Hazwani's older sister, Heliza Helmi, encouraged her to go over her boundaries, which aligned with Hazwani's life philosophy of "Nothing is impossible because Allah will make the impossible possible for you." At the age of 16, she worked as a personal assistant and gave motivational speeches. After she completed her Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) test in 2014, her attention gradually moved to humanitarian activity, and she began to participate in a number of humanitarian trips. Hazwani took a semester off from her university to participate in humanitarian efforts because she believes that learning may take place outside of the classroom and that humanitarian missions can create opportunities for learning and create transformation.
Other than being active in the entertainment and humanity industry, Hazwani has expanded her career into the modelling field. She became a model for the official campaign for HelizaGuzelHive. The campaign was filmed in New Zealand (2016). Apart from that, she was also invited to became a model for Scarftan, Rayyan Hayya for Ramadan campaign (2019) and Cacas (2021). Over and above, she has done a voiceover for a Malaysian commercial product, Susu Ilham (2019).
This is one of Hazwani's projects that she has buckled down wholeheartedly. It was her first time doing it all in the making of music progress. She was a lyricist, composer, music arranger and director for this single. Ayat Cinta Dari Tuhan is a song that she composed based on a real story that was inspired by an anonymous person. Hence, Ayat Cinta dari Tuhan was produced in 2019.
She was entrusted by Malaysian Consultative Council for Islamic Organization (MAPIM) to establish and take part in these humanitarian projects in Syria. MAPIM has focused several sectors in desperate need of emergency assistance. As of March 2017, the MAPIM Syrian Rescue Team has successfully distributed RM6,500,000 worth of donations from Malaysians to Syrians. This assistance is channeled directly through a series of humanitarian missions led by . The challenges facing the RescueSyria team are widely shared in local media writing as well as at local and overseas television station invitation slots. Among the successes of RescueSyria Assistance Mission (MAPIM) are:
Participant, "Third Conference of the League of âÂÂParliamentarians For Al-QudsâÂÂà8 February 2020, officiated by Yang Amat Berhormat Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, the Prime Minister of Malaysia