Music at BAM: Omar Offendum’s Little Syria

Part of Music at BAM, a programming series curated by poet Hanif Abdurraqib.

Offendum’s genre-bridging performance—spanning hip-hop, Arabic instrumentation, and ḥakawātī oral storytelling traditions of the Levant—imagines early 20th-century life in the heart of the Lower Manhattan neighborhood once known as Little Syria (1880—1940).

Upcoming Music at BAM:

05/20 | Mavis Staples
05/22 | Little Simz featuring Javon Jackson + special guest Nikki Giovanni