A Rendezvous with Omar Souleyman
The World’s Brendon Mattox (right) with Omar Souleyman (center). (Photo: Marco Werman)
Omar Souleyman sits next to me, a complete Syrian mystery. He doesn’t speak anything close to English, and the dark glasses and floor length robe he wears hides any sort of body language.
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