Iranian artist opening Leeds show exploring disability and migration
by Mark Brown North of England correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6MDHK)
Paralympian Mohammad Barrangi hopes his work will help people think of human stories behind headlines about migration
A decade ago the artist Mohammad Barrangi was representing Iran as an elite Paralympic sprinter and was ridiculously speedy.
My best time for the 100 metres was 10.72 seconds, in Tunisia," he says with understandable pride. I have friends who don't believe I'm an artist."
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