Omar Offendum Performance

Along with our GHS course, I am also in another GHS which studies the Middle East and North Africa, which I saw another classmate has also taken. For my other course, I attended a performance tonight by Omar Offendum. Omar is a Syrian/American rapper, poet, and lyricist who sings and talks about current and past events that affected him and his family as they emigrated to the United States. He speaks fluent Arabic and sang a few songs in the language and it was very interesting to listen to and then hear him talk about a variety of events that connect with our studies of the Islamic Middle East. His mother was from the city of Damascus which he made a song about and in another he talked about some of the hardships the Syrian nation has been undergoing the past 20 years. He was a fascinating individual and was extremely moving with his work. I will post a link to one of his music videos here where you can see a glimpse of some of the events (specifically in Syria) so you guys can check it out!