Omar Souleyman Haflat Gharbia : The Western Concerts

• Omar Souleyman – gazula / shift al mani (i saw her)
• Omar Souleyman – lansob sherek (i will make a trip)
• Omar Souleyman – mendel (i dont know)
• Omar Souleyman – baghdad araby
• Omar Souleyman – haram (forbidden - i signal, you deny)

• 1. mawal hejaz
• 2. gazula / shift al mani (i saw her)
• 3. lansob sherek (i will make a trip)
• 4. mendel (i dont know)
• 5. baghdad araby
• 6. haram (forbidden - i signal, you deny)
• 7. hedi hedi (slowly, slowly)
• 8. wakhali (empty)
• 9. kaset hanzel (drinking from the glass of bitterness)

Collected here are the best, most electrifying and intense moments from Syrian folk-pop singer, Omar Souleyman's Western tours between 2009 and 2011.

Like many Syrian musicians, he made his name as a singer for wedding parties in the region, with hundreds of cassettes and CDs documenting his performances distributed throughout the country.  Loved by Westerns and Arabs alike, Omar Souleyman is Syria's first musical export! Most recently he remixed Bjork's 'The Crystalline Series'.

Using a dedicated band made of keyboards, electric saz and percussion, dressed in his trademark checkered khaffya, sunglasses and elegant jalaba, Omar delivers his unique and charismatic delivery of Syrian electrified folkloric dabke, Iraqi choubi and Arabic shaabi which has captured the attention of diverse western music fans.