Locality
Harrisonburg
Biography
Following the Persian Gulf War, he fled Iraq to avoid capture and probable execution after serving as a translator for an agency with U.S. clients. He owns a carpet-cleaning business and was the first Kurdish refugee to be resettled in Harrisonburg, where he and his wife and five children still live.
Watch excerpts from Rasheed's interview about:
Watch excerpts from Rasheed's interview about:
- Challenges (0:57)
- Journey (2:12)
- Virginia (0:28)
- Opportunity (0:41)