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'''Omar Souleyman''' ({{lang-ar|عمر سليمان}}) is a Syrian Arab<ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=سبب شهرته العالمية وماذا كان يعمل قبل الفن ولماذا سمية بالكيصر مع الأعلامية أحلام بناوي. |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHvkJjh0U5A |language=en |access-date=2022-10-04}}
'''Omar Souleyman''' ({{lang-ar|عمر سليمان}}) is a [[Kurds in Syria|Kurdish-Syrian]] Arab<ref>https://esta.krd/en/109883/</ref><ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=سبب شهرته العالمية وماذا كان يعمل قبل الفن ولماذا سمية بالكيصر مع الأعلامية أحلام بناوي. |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHvkJjh0U5A |language=en |access-date=2022-10-04}}


(Timestamp-Minute 1:00)</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=OMAR SOULEYMAN – Love him or hate him – Andy Morgan Writes |url=http://www.andymorganwrites.com/omar-souleyman-love-him-or-hate-him/ |access-date=2022-10-05 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Syrian singer Omar Souleyman released from Turkish custody - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East |url=https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/11/syrian-singer-omar-souleyman-released-turkish-custody |access-date=2022-10-05 |website=www.al-monitor.com |language=en}}</ref> Singer from the village of [[Ras al-Ain]]<ref name=":0" /> near the [[Syria–Turkey border]] but grew up in the city of [[Tell Tamer]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/10/31/omar_souleyman_to_bring_dabke_20_to_paramount_theatre/|title=Souleyman: Dabke 2.0|last=Krukowski|first=Damon|date=31 October 2010|newspaper=boston.com|access-date=12 March 2015}}</ref> He started his career as a part-time wedding singer in his native [[al-Hasakah Governorate]], and while he is a Sunni Arab, he emphasises the influence its culturally diverse milieu has had on his style: "My music is from the community I come from – the Kurdish, the [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]], the Arabic, they're all in this community. Even Turkish because it's so near, it's just across the border."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.t8373638n.com/music/2013/oct/18/omar-souleyman-interview|title=Omar Souleyman: from wedding singer to the world|last=Beaumont-Thomas|first=Ben|date=18 October 2013|access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref>
(Timestamp-Minute 1:00)</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=OMAR SOULEYMAN – Love him or hate him – Andy Morgan Writes |url=http://www.andymorganwrites.com/omar-souleyman-love-him-or-hate-him/ |access-date=2022-10-05 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Syrian singer Omar Souleyman released from Turkish custody - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East |url=https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/11/syrian-singer-omar-souleyman-released-turkish-custody |access-date=2022-10-05 |website=www.al-monitor.com |language=en}}</ref> Singer from the village of [[Ras al-Ain]]<ref name=":0" /> near the [[Syria–Turkey border]] but grew up in the city of [[Tell Tamer]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/10/31/omar_souleyman_to_bring_dabke_20_to_paramount_theatre/|title=Souleyman: Dabke 2.0|last=Krukowski|first=Damon|date=31 October 2010|newspaper=boston.com|access-date=12 March 2015}}</ref> He started his career as a part-time wedding singer in his native [[al-Hasakah Governorate]], and while he is a Sunni Arab, he emphasises the influence its culturally diverse milieu has had on his style: "My music is from the community I come from – the Kurdish, the [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]], the Arabic, they're all in this community. Even Turkish because it's so near, it's just across the border."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.t8373638n.com/music/2013/oct/18/omar-souleyman-interview|title=Omar Souleyman: from wedding singer to the world|last=Beaumont-Thomas|first=Ben|date=18 October 2013|access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref>

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This article is about the Syrian musician. For other uses, see Omar Suleiman (disambiguation).

Omar Souleyman (Template:Lang-ar) is a Kurdish-Syrian Arab[1][2][3][4] Singer from the village of Ras al-Ain[2] near the Syria–Turkey border but grew up in the city of Tell Tamer.[5] He started his career as a part-time wedding singer in his native al-Hasakah Governorate, and while he is a Sunni Arab, he emphasises the influence its culturally diverse milieu has had on his style: "My music is from the community I come from – the Kurdish, the Assyrian, the Arabic, they're all in this community. Even Turkish because it's so near, it's just across the border."[6]

Career

Omar Souleyman began his career in 1994, working with a number of musicians with whom he still performs. He has released an estimated five hundred studio and live albums under his name.[citation needed] Eighty percent of those releases are recordings made at weddings and presented to the married couple, which are later copied and sold at local kiosks.[7] The originality of his music is due to the fact that it mixes sounds of keyboards, electronic beats and vocals.[8]

In October 2013 a newly recorded album Wenu Wenu was released by UK label Ribbon Music.[9]

Collaborations and notable appearances

He appeared at the Glastonbury Festival in 2011, and performed during Chaos in Tejas in Austin, Texas in June 2011.[10] In August 2011, Omar Souleyman appeared at Paredes de Coura in Portugal. Souleyman was chosen by Caribou to perform at the ATP Nightmare Before Christmas festival that they co-curated in December 2011 in Minehead, England.[11]

In 2011 he recorded three remixes for Björk's Biophilia, all found on the second disc of her "Crystalline Series".

In 2013 he worked with British producer Four Tet on his album Wenu Wenu. He collaborated with Four Tet again on his 2015 release Bahdeni Nami.

In August 2013, before his performance at the Way Out West festival in Gothenburg, Sweden, Swedish authorities initially denied his artist visa out of concern that he would request asylum. His visa was granted two days before the festival.[12] In December 2013, he performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway.[13]

In June 2014 he performed at The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee. In July he performed at Roskilde Festival, Denmark and at the Mostly Jazz, Funk and Soul Festival, in Birmingham, UK. He then performed at One Love Festival in Istanbul on 16 June 2014.[14] In August 2014 he performed at Pukkelpop Festival in Kiewit, Hasselt in Belgium.[15] Later that summer on 31 August he played the Electric Picnic festival in Ireland.[16] He also played at Treefort Music Festival in Boise, Idaho in March 2015.[17] In October 2017 he performed at Bristol's SimpleThings festival.

Personal life

Souleyman has been living in Turkey since the start of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, which heavily impacted his home region.[18] While in Turkey, Souleyman established a free bakery in the border town of Akçakale, in order to serve poor families from Turkey and Syria refugees. In November 2021, he was arrested on charges of terrorism, with the Turkish authorities alleging that he was a member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).[19] Souleyman was released two days later.[20]

Discography

External media
Audio
audio icon "You Must Hear This: Bjork Picks Omar Souleyman, All Things Considered on National Public Radio, 2009-06-29
Video
video icon Omar Souleyman - Haram in Brooklyn - June 2010

Albums

References

  1. ^ https://esta.krd/en/109883/
  2. ^ a b سبب شهرته العالمية وماذا كان يعمل قبل الفن ولماذا سمية بالكيصر مع الأعلامية أحلام بناوي., retrieved 2022-10-04 (Timestamp-Minute 1:00)
  3. ^ "OMAR SOULEYMAN – Love him or hate him – Andy Morgan Writes". Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  4. ^ "Syrian singer Omar Souleyman released from Turkish custody - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East". www.al-monitor.com. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  5. ^ Krukowski, Damon (31 October 2010). "Souleyman: Dabke 2.0". boston.com. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  6. ^ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (18 October 2013). "Omar Souleyman: from wedding singer to the world". Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  7. ^ "OMAR SOULEYMAN – Love him or hate him". Andy Morgan Writes. Retrieved 2014-08-02.
  8. ^ "Omar Souleyman: The Syrian wedding singer wooing the west". TheGuardian.com. 20 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Omar Souleyman Announces Four Tet-Produced LP Wenu Wenu | News". Pitchfork. 2013-07-18. Retrieved 2014-08-02.
  10. ^ Levy, A. "Chaos in Tejas Preview: Omar Souleyman, The King of Syrian Techno". The Austinist. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  11. ^ "ATP Nightmare Before Christmas". Atpfestival.com. Retrieved 2014-08-02.
  12. ^ Omar Souleyman granted a visa, Radio Sweden 7 August 2012
  13. ^ "Omar Souleyman". Nobel Peace Prize Concert. Archived from the original on December 16, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
  14. ^ "Omar Souleyman: Hipster'lara Halay Çektiren Adam". redbull.com. 25 March 2017.
  15. ^ "Pukkelpop 2014". pukkelpop.be. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  16. ^ "Electric Picnic: Omar Souleyman - Acid House via the Levant". The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  17. ^ Barnhill, Frankie (16 January 2015). "Syrian Wedding Singer Omar Souleyman Among New Treefort Music Fest Performers". boisestatepublicradio.org. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  18. ^ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (18 October 2013). "Omar Souleyman: from wedding singer to the world". Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  19. ^ McKernan, Bethan (17 November 2021). "Syrian musician Omar Souleyman held on terrorism charges in Turkey". The Guardian. Istanbul. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  20. ^ Monroe, Jazz (19 November 2021). "Omar Souleyman Released After Questioning in Turkey". Pitchfork. New York: Condé Nast. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  21. ^ "Shlon, by Omar Souleyman". Omar Souleyman. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
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