Omar Souleyman
- Type: Vocalist
- Country: Syria
- Born: 1966 in Ras al-Ayn, Syria
- Active: 1994鈥損resent
Biography
Omar Souleyman is a Syrian singer from the northeast of the country who electrified dabke, the Levantine wedding dance music, with drum machines and racing synthesizers. A wedding circuit star from 1994 with hundreds of cassette releases, he broke through internationally after #Sublime Frequencies# issued 'Highway to Hassake' in 2007. His studio albums include the *Four Tet* produced 'Wenu Wenu', 'To Syria, With Love', 'Shlon' and 'Erbil'.
Genres
Omar Souleyman Discography
- Highway to Hassake (2006) - Compilation - rated 3.95/5
- Highway to Hassake: Folk and Pop Sounds of Syria (2007) - Compilation - rated 3.62/5
- Dabke 2020: Folk and Pop Sounds of Syria (2009) - Compilation - rated 4.05/5
- Jazeera Nights (Folk and Pop Sounds of Syria) (2010) - Compilation - rated 3.85/5
- Wenu Wenu (2013) - Album - rated 3.32/5
- Bahdeni Nami (2015) - Album - rated 3.29/5
- To Syria, With Love (2017) - Album - rated 3.28/5
- Shlon (2019) - Album - rated 3.4/5
- Erbil (2024) - Album - rated 3.26/5