MMusic: Omar Offendum - ‘Pacific Syriano’

About this episode

The episode features a discussion about the music of Omar Offendum, highlighting his poetic lyrics and cultural significance during Ramadan.

“Music is a force that brings us all together, wherever you’re from.” For this ENTIRE holy month of Ramadan, we wanted to hear some music by MUSLIM artists (beyond Dua Lipa, Cat Stevens, AR Rahman, and Zane Mallick) — so we’re bringing back MMusic with longtime FrieMMd of the Pod + our favorite Egyptian American from Cleveland, Seif Hamid, aka the musical artist Soof. This week we’re listening to one of great MC’s in the game - OMAR OFFENDUM. It's not enough to just call him a musician or an emcee. He's a true poet — incredible with the pen, truly bridging cultures with his deep lyrics (be sure to listen for the “LA” in the rhyme scheme of the last verse) LEARN ABOUT SEIF / SOOF: Soof.studio // soofworld.bandcamp.com/music This is a replay of a past episode from April 2022

People in this episode

Host: Soof

Guest: Seif Hamid

Topics covered

• music
• Ramadan
• Muslim artists
• cultural bridging
• poetry
• hip hop

Keywords

• Omar Offendum
• Seif Hamid
• Soof
• Ramadan music
• Muslim artists
• hip hop
• poetry

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: W!ZARD Studios

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