Huseen Samah was born in Baghdad, 1999, and has performed in many cultural Iraqi music festivals. His career goal is to present traditional, cultural music in a new light. Ali Najem built up his strength, and with a little hard work, he came back stronger on the next season of the show to prove to the judges what he can do. Despite his young age, Huseen has already picked music as his career of choice, and his great passion for it has led him to wonders on the piano as well as singing. He descends from an artistic family, thus the musical talents. He was born in Baghdad, 1999, and has performed in many cultural Iraqi music festivals. His career goal is to present traditional, cultural music in a new light. Ali is a rising star in his mid-twenties, practicing his own style in singing and plays a different tune than what is typical. He participated in the second season of Arab Idol, but was was rejected for lack of experience… but that was not the end of him. He built up his strength, and with a little hard work, he came back stronger on the next season of the show to prove to the judges what he can do. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx