Omar Offendum is a Syrian American hip-hop artist, designer, poet and peace activist. He was born in Saudi Arabia, raised in Washington, DC, and now lives in Los Angeles, California. His song "#Jan25", inspired by the Arab Spring uprisings in Egypt, went viral in 2011, shortly before the resignation of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak Omar Offendum has often collaborated with Yassin Alsalman also known as Narcy and with renowned hip-hop artist Shadia Mansour.