Oregon Art Beat
Painter Samir Khurshid
Clip: Season 15 Episode 1510 | 7m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Iraqi artist Samir Khurshid fled underground, eventually making his home in Oregon.
Iraqi artist Samir Khurshid was drafted into military service along with every Iraqi man of his age. He was ordered to paint the country's president, Saddam Hussein. Hussein liked the portraits so much that he ordered many others. In all, Khurshid painted 83 portraits of the President before he fled the country.
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Oregon Art Beat
Painter Samir Khurshid
Clip: Season 15 Episode 1510 | 7m 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Iraqi artist Samir Khurshid was drafted into military service along with every Iraqi man of his age. He was ordered to paint the country's president, Saddam Hussein. Hussein liked the portraits so much that he ordered many others. In all, Khurshid painted 83 portraits of the President before he fled the country.
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