Antonio Albadran / Biography

Antonio Albadran was born in 1969 to Mediterranean parents in Basra, Iraq. During his time there, he lived through two wars, the Iran/Iraq war and the US/Iraq war and was subjected to political abuse from the Saddam regime. His political differences with the Baath party ideology landed him in jail during his college years. He was freed by the Baath party resistance and gained political asylum with the US as a refugee on March 28, 1991. Following this he was sent to a Saudi Arabian refugee camp in the desert under US care for four years. He immigrated to the US on August 18, 1994. He chose to live in San Diego until July 10, 1998 and then moved to Nashville, Tennessee. He became a US citizen on March 24, 2005. He enjoys life very much and cannot believe the luck he has had as his life has changed for the better.