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Mohammad Hassanzada

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Locality

Afghanistan

Biography

Born in a merchant family in Kabul, he fled the Taliban as a teenager, spent several years in Pakistan, and then worked with his uncle as a carpet dealer in Dubai. He had rug shops on two U.S./Coalition military bases in Afghanistan before resettling, first in Los Angeles, then in Roanoke, where today he is the owner of Tribal Rug Gallery.

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