# Omar Offendum
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omar offendum is a Syrian American hip-hop artist, designer, poet and peace activist. He was born in Saudi Arabia, raised in Washington, DC, and now lives in Los Angeles, California. He tours the world performing internationally at music festivals, lecturing at major academic institutions and fundraising for humanitarian relief organizations.
Syria's Islamized Armenians w/ Karena Avedissian (E5)
Leila is joined by Armenian writer, scholar and member of From The Periphery media collective, Dr Karena Avedissian.
Karena recently returned from a trip to conduct research and build ties with the Armenian community in Northeast Syria. We spoke about an article she wrote - Armenians in Rojava: A …
Unrest in Sweida Part 2 w/ Interstices-Fajawat (E6)
Khuzama and Cedric from the Interstices-Fajawat grassroots initiative return to STIR to talk to Leila about the July unrest in Sweida province, which included massacres against members of the Druze community. Our guests were in Sweida during the unrest, so share their moving first-hand testimony as…
Transitional Justice w/Razan Rashidi (E7)
Leila and Justin are joined by Razan Rashidi, Executive Director of The Syria Campaign, to talk about Transitional Justice.
Tens of thousands of Syrians were forcibly disappeared at the hands of the Assad regime, as well as other actors. Only a small number were released from prison, mass graves …
Searching for Solidarity w/Noor Ghazal Aswad (E8)
Leila is joined by US-based academic Dr. Noor Ghazal Aswad to talk about her recent book ‘Searching for Solidarity: Revolutionary Dreams and Radical Social Movements’.
This episode explores the erasure of Syrians from their own story during the revolution, and the implications and lessons for bui…
MMusic: Omar Offendum - ‘Pacific Syriano’
“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 Egy…
Omar Offendum Fuses Hip-Hop, Poetry, and Arab Heritage, In-Studio
The Syrian-American rapper, poet, and peace activist Omar Offendum blends the sounds of hip hop and classical Arab music and literature into his stage works. He has spent much of the past few years on a New York-themed work called The Little Syria Show, named after a historical neighborhood in Low…
Episode 28: Third Spaces & The Rise of Yemeni Cafes in America
Abbas and Irfan sit down with Muhi Khwaj and Gus Annan to talk about building Muslim community: the short-term needs, the long-term vision, and the third spaces where it all comes together. The conversation flows through the rich history of coffee in Yemen, today’s coffee culture trends, and why th…
Best of Soundcheck: Dessa, Omar Offendum
For this episode of Soundcheck, the rapper, singer, and author Dessa gets political, and Syrian-American rapper Omar Offendum gets historical. Minneapolis-raised singer and rapper known as Dessa has found a way to reflect modern society with scathing satire and wry humor, in both her songs and in h…
The Donkey’s Tail
Rapper/poet Omar Offendum (Little Syria) stars in a Persian and North African tale about righting wrongs and sniffing out a thief. Sign up for our monthly newsletter, "The Lion's Roar", here.
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