page_title: Omar Souleyman
hierarchical_section_title: Omar Souleyman
caption_attribution_description: Perth International Arts Festival 2011
context_page_description: Omar Souleyman is a Syrian singer and farmer from the village of Tell Tamer near the city of Ra's al-'Ayn in the northeastern region of Syria. He started his career as a part-time wedding singer in his native al-Hasakah Governorate, and while himself 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 Ashuri, the Arabic, they're all in this community. Even Turkish because it's so near, it's just across the border. And even Iraqi."
context_section_description: Omar Souleyman (Arabic: عمر سليمان‎) is a Syrian singer and farmer from the village of Tell Tamer near the city of Ra's al-'Ayn in the northeastern region of Syria. He started his career as a part-time wedding singer in his native al-Hasakah Governorate, and while himself 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 Ashuri, the Arabic, they're all in this community. Even Turkish because it's so near, it's just across the border. And even Iraqi."
caption: Omar Souleyman performing at Perth International Arts Festival in 2011
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