Riwayat Hidup

Originally born in the city of Galkayo, a city located in the north-central region of Somalia.
Barkhad lived most of his life in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, in the south side of Minneapolis.
Emerging from a predominantly low-income East African immigrant community, Barkhad was actively exposed to an environment that is rich and abundant in many forms of arts across a spectrum of many cultures.
The Cedar-Riverside neighborhood houses the highest concentration of Somalis.
The Somali Diaspora's manifestation in the arts of poetry has given them the name the nation of poets.
A Stray, an independent film shot in the heart of Cedar-Riverside, starting Barkhad himself, gives viewers a glimpse of his actual background.
His film credits range from his role in Captain Philips, a 2013 Sony production, A Stray, a 2016 production, to his recently Oscar nominated film Watu Wote: All of us.

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