Born: Iraq
Durgham Alyasiri is an Iraqi refugee whom Buffalo has been a home to for the past 10 years. He has earned his Master's degree in Higher Education Administration from the University at Buffalo this past May. Alyasiri currently works full-time with Say Yes Buffalo as a Zone Leader and also teaches part-time at UB. He is passionate about Classical Arabic Poetry, Calligraphy, and history in general. He write Arabic calligraphy in his spare time and also write poems.