Sa'ad Hussein and Saadiq Mohammed: Reunited in the USA

SI Staff | Mar 27, 2016

Sa'ad Hussein and Saadiq Mohammed: Reunited in the USA

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Sa'ad Hussein and Saadiq Mohammed in Nakuru, Kenya, at the CECAFA Cup tournament in December 2013.

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Sa'ad Hussein in Nairobi earlier in 2016, when his home was a mattress on the floor.

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Sa'ad Hussein after being arrested in Nairobi in January. Somalis being arrested in Kenya without committing a crime is not an uncommon occurrence.

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Sa'ad Hussein's Somali team, Elman FC, took a goodbye photo for him when he left for America.

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Saadiq Mohammed hides behind a trash can outside of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, waiting to surprise Sa'ad Hussein upon his arrival to the USA.

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Sa'ad Hussein and Saadiq Mohammed reunite at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.

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Sa'ad Hussein (L) and Saadiq Mohammed (R) show off their beaded bracelets that say their names and have both the American and Somali flags.

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Sa'ad Hussein (L) and Saadiq Mohammed (R) at Sa'ad's new apartment–just after his arrival in the USA–in the Gravois Park neighborhood of St. Louis.

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Sa'ad Hussein and Saadiq Mohammed at a Shop N Save grocery store in St. Louis, where Saadiq is teaching Sa'ad how to grocery shop.

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Sa'ad Hussein and Saadiq Mohammed last Tuesday morning, Sa'ad's first in America, after Saadiq had spent the night at the apartment to keep him company.

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Saadiq Mohammed and Sa'ad Hussein, looking at the soccer field at Marquette Park, which is two blocks from Sa'ad's new apartment.

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Sa'ad Hussein and Saadiq Mohammed have their stories as the focus of the documentary "Men In The Arena."