Barkhad Abdirahman

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1994-06-05 (31 years old)

Place of Birth

Galkayo, Somalia

Barkhad Abdirahman

Biography

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,...

Acting

2022

Ayaanle

as Ayaanle

2013

2016

A Stray

as Adan

2017

Watu Wote: All of Us

as Cabdirashid Aadan

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