Omar Souleyman hosted a guest show on 21 April 2017. Omar Souleyman has been played over 60 times on NTS, first on 25 June 2013. Omar Souleyman's music has been featured on 62 episodes.

Omar Souleyman (عمر سليمان) is a Syrian musical legend. Since 1994 he and his musicians emerged as a staple of folk-pop throughout Syria, but until being released by the Sublime Frequencies label they were little known outside of the country. To date, they have issued more than five-hundred studio- and live-recorded cassette albums which are easily spotted in the shops of any Syrian city.

Born in rural Northeastern Syria, he began his…