Omar Souleyman - Jamila (Beautiful Woman)

PLAY LOUD PUSH BASS Omar Souleyman is a Syrian musical legend. Since 1994, he and his musicians have emerged as a staple of folk-pop throughout Syria, but until now they have remained little known outside of the country. To date, they have issued more than five-hundred studio and live- recorded cassette albums which are easily spotted in the shops of any Syrian city. Mahmoud Harbi is a long-time collaborator and the man responsible for much of the poetry sung by Souleyman. Together, they commonly perform the Ataba, a traditional form of folk poetry used in Dabke. On stage, Harbi chain smokes cigarettes while standing shoulder to shoulder with Souleyman, periodically leaning over to whisper the material into his ear. Acting as a conduit, Souleyman struts into the audience with urgency, vocalizing the prose in song before returning for the next verse. Omar Souleyman is a man of hospitality and striking integrity who describes his style as his own and prides himself on not being an imitator or a sellout.

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• Omar Souleyman
• arabic
• turkish
• kurdish
• syrian
• techno
• choubi
• dabke
• mawal
• ataba
• harbi

[Gelado6969]

today he is in portugal - paredes de coura

[stonedsnakestudios]

@yezidi11

he will be at Lowlands '11 in like 2/3 days,

but you just cant handle his awesomeness

[Yokaifriend]

Badass song, Nice Bongs. Thanks for uploading!

[EmmaEgypt]

Yes Sophtamer,you are right..this is chobe.What I love about Omar Suleman is his way to combine different cultures and influences into his music...there´s no one like him!

And BTW:arguing about nationalities or ethnicitys are unimportant when he mixes kurdish,syrian,iraqi etc freely ,like no one else can do<3 

[arabi100]

@sharezur w isa? he is saying that he sings kurdish and arabig songs.. so calm down

[arabi100]

tomorrow in switzerland!

[soptamer]

@sharezur

the beats are not Kurdish, they are general Iraqi beats. The beat is called Ibrahimi or Jobi.

[ZAXOcuz]

im kurdish not arab and i like this swag!

[nicolandiax]

hey imnot arabic or anything but no need for hate.... just enjoy the music !!!

im from south america!.

[sharezur]

half of his songs are stolen! all the beats are kurdish!!