Growing up in Iraq, Ahmed Al-Saheri loved to drum and sing from a young age. But his family and community discouraged him from playing in public, which was considered shameful. After fighting Saddam’s army in the Gulf War, spending 6 years in a refugee camp and living in the US for fifteen years, he wants to realize his life long dream of playing publicly in Portland. Andrea Muraskin has his story.
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Growing up in Iraq, Ahmed Al-Saheri loved to drum and sing from a young age. But his family and community discouraged him from playing in public, which was considered shameful. After fighting Saddam’s army in the Gulf War, spending 6 years in a refugee camp and living in the US for fifteen years, he wants to realize his life long dream of playing publicly in Portland. Andrea Muraskin has his story.
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