{"id":73340,"date":"2013-08-04T22:41:14","date_gmt":"2013-08-04T20:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/?p=73340"},"modified":"2013-08-04T22:42:42","modified_gmt":"2013-08-04T20:42:42","slug":"omar-souleyman-hoppas-komma-till-way-out-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/?p=73340","title":{"rendered":"Omar Souleyman hoppas komma till Way Out West"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"omar-066\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Omar Souleyman som skulle ha spelat p\u00e5 Stockholm Music & Arts f\u00f6rv\u00e4grades visum till Sverige, p\u00e5 grund av att Sverige inte sl\u00e4pper in syriska medborgare f\u00f6r tillf\u00e4llet. <\/p>\n

Nu bjuder Way Out West<\/a> in Omar Souleyman till G\u00f6teborg och skriver: <\/p>\n

Vi anser att Omar Souleyman fallit offer f\u00f6r en fyrkantig regeltolkning fr\u00e5n svenska myndigheters sida. Det \u00e4r uppenbart att Omar Souleyman \u00e4r en turnerande professionell artist som inte har f\u00f6r avsikt att fly till Sverige.<\/p>\n

Senare i h\u00f6st spelar han bl a p\u00e5 f\u00f6ljande evenemang:
\nIceland Airways 2013 – Reykjavik, Island
\nPitchfork Music Festival 2013 – Paris, Frankrike
\nFYF Festival 2013 – Los Angeles, USA<\/p>\n

Det \u00e4r uppr\u00f6rande att Sverige \u00e4r det f\u00f6rsta landet i Omars karri\u00e4r att v\u00e4gra honom visum.
\nMed tanke p\u00e5 situationen i Syrien k\u00e4nns det extra angel\u00e4get att m\u00e5na om den fria kulturen och konsten.<\/p>\n

Misstag kan beg\u00e5s, felbed\u00f6mningar kan g\u00f6ras. Men man kan \u00e4ven korrigera sina misstag, \u00e4ndra sig och g\u00f6ra det r\u00e4tta. Nu ger vi svenska myndigheter chansen till just detta. Omar Souleyman har en plats p\u00e5 Way Out West i Slottsskogen n\u00e4sta vecka. Omar har redan sagt att han givetvis kommer om han blir insl\u00e4ppt. Vi s\u00e4ger – v\u00e4lkommen Omar! Och till svenska myndigheter s\u00e4ger vi, vars\u00e5goda, en andra chans.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Omar<\/a> sj\u00e4lv s\u00e4ger s\u00e5 h\u00e4r:<\/p>\n

I could not believe the reason for which my visa was denied – that of Sweden being afraid that I will want to stay there and apply for a residence permit when I arrive. I am a musician who travels all over the world and to all western countries to sing for people and to make them dance.I have never ever had any wish or intention to remain in any country that has issued me a visa that enables me to perform for people there.
\nIt is clear to anyone who will take a look at my extensive touring history for the last 5 years in the western world – where I have been and how many borders I have crossed. Hundreds and hundreds.<\/p>\n

I have a family in Syria and I have no intention of ever abandoning them. The Embassy had the information clearly of all my children, wife, brothers and sisters, parents, who all live in Syria. I support them and give my life for them. I have never had nor will he ever have any intention to defect into Sweden. I love my home as troubled as it is right now, more than anything.<\/p>\n

The decision of the Consulate is very wrong but I have accepted that; now I hope that my management will do everything together with promoters in Sweden to correct that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Omar Souleyman som skulle ha spelat p\u00e5 Stockholm Music & Arts f\u00f6rv\u00e4grades visum till Sverige, p\u00e5 grund av att Sverige inte sl\u00e4pper in syriska medborgare f\u00f6r tillf\u00e4llet. Nu bjuder Way Out West in Omar Souleyman till G\u00f6teborg och skriver: Vi anser att Omar Souleyman fallit offer f\u00f6r en fyrkantig regeltolkning fr\u00e5n svenska myndigheters sida. Det […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[10182,6353],"class_list":["post-73340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-musik","tag-omar-souleyman","tag-way-out-west","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73340"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73344,"href":"https:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73340\/revisions\/73344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kulturbloggen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}