The difficult health conditions that the Iraqi child experienced in the United Kingdom did not prevent Ahmed Baraq, who resides in the United Kingdom, from writing a success story that dazzled the British, in his ability to grab a seat at the prestigious British University of Cambridge, and in the field of medicine, as studying at this university is only attained by students who have reached a degree High degree of scientific excellence and unique educational attainment.
The name Ahmed Baraq would have gone unnoticed, like dozens of students who managed to get a seat at the University of Cambridge, had it not been that the Iraqi child was dragging behind him a story that could be described as a human epic, beginning with his difficult health conditions that were the reason for leaving Iraq and traveling to Britain at the age of 3 years, through his inability On meeting his parents, 10 years old, to achieve the full mark in the final exams of the high school stage.
The educational and civic community in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, celebrated the achievement of the Iraqi child, as it is one of the very few students in Wales who won a seat at the University of Cambridge, which is among the 3 best universities in the world, as well as providing an image of the ability of refugees to achieve distinctive paths. Scientifically and academically.
Just think. Farage could have stopped this guy.
"Buraq Ahmed who came to Britain from Iraq aged three for medical treatment, and did not see his parents for ten years, will study medicine at Cambridge University after getting A * in chemistry, biology, economics and maths." pic.twitter.com/gTXpnOZRzd
- Alex Andreou (@sturdyAlex) August 14, 2020
A difficult childhood
Ahmed Buraq was born in Iraq in conjunction with the US invasion of Mesopotamia, and since his early days he was suffering from a bone disease called "hip dysplasia", which impedes movement and prevents the owner from walking, and needs special health care, and given the circumstances that were plaguing Iraq, Ahmed's parents decided To sell their only house, in order to save their son's medical expenses and travel to Britain, to conduct the necessary surgeries.
Ahmed arrived in the United Kingdom when he was 3 years old, with his grandmother, who was not fluent in English, with the aim of carrying out urgent surgeries, and after an arduous course of treatment and complex surgeries, his 7-decade-old grandmother found herself faced with the option to submit an asylum application for her and her grandson after he The situation got worse in Iraq, and indeed they got it.
The turning point
Perhaps this stage is what constituted the turning point in Ahmed’s life, after his conviction that the United Kingdom is no longer a place of hospitalization only, but a place of stability, and despite the harshness of this choice because it would prevent him from meeting his parents for a decade, the Iraqi child took advantage of the opportunity that was afforded him to the fullest. Face.
With the support of his grandmother, Ahmed decided to convert all the obstacles facing him into fuel for scientific diligence, and although he was forced to spend a very long time between hospitals for treatment, this did not prevent him from achieving the highest academic marks, but he was always an active member in many school activities, Where he studied at Cardiff Sixth Form College school to the extent that his distinction enabled him to participate in debate competitions (www.ccoex.com) organized by both the universities of "Oxford" and "Cambridge", which includes debates that include the elite students in the United Kingdom.
https://www.ccoex.com/en/page/ahmed-and-buraq-win-a-place-at-oxford-schools-debate-finals-day
Buraq Ahmed underwent hip orthopedic surgeries in 2019, however he maintained his superiority in secondary school pending a second surgery that was postponed due to the Corona epidemic.
A dream come true
Ahmed Baraq does not hide his overwhelming happiness with his achievement, which is a natural feeling as one of the very lucky students who managed to secure a place in the University of Cambridge Medical School, a dream that haunts tens of thousands of students in the United Kingdom.
This achievement would not have been achieved without the effort made by Ahmed in high school, which enabled him to achieve the highest points in scientific subjects (mathematics, physics, biology, and economics).
It is ironic that Ahmed succeeded in achieving these very high marks, in an exceptional circumstance that defined the activation of the distance education option, which led to a decline in the results of 40% of secondary school students in Britain.
Memories of the hospital
"I never dreamed of getting these very high marks on the exams, as well as getting a seat at the University of Cambridge." This is what Ahmed Buraq told Al-Jazeera Net, and he explains his choice of the Medical University according to the circumstances he went through, and the time he was spending in hospitals. "I have many memories in the hospital. One time I was angry and sad, and I remember very well how a nurse carried me and put me on her knees so that I could calm down. All these scenes remained stuck in my mind and I could not forget them."
Ahmed confirms that the treatment he received in the hospital helped him a lot from the psychological point of view, “This is why my dream was to help people also when I grow up, and for this I chose to specialize in medicine,” adding that his health condition prompted him to research more and delve into the medical specialization. "I became more interested in medicine."
With a lot of gratitude, Ahmed talks about his grandmother, who was next to him despite her old age, and helped him a lot in his childhood days, “There were days when I could not even move, and now when I grew up I absorbed the difficult circumstances that I and my family went through before I was in Iraq. You get asylum in Belgium. "
Distinguished path
The achievement achieved by Ahmed Buraq was not surprising from the point of view of his professor, Careth Collier, who describes Ahmed "as being born with a kind heart and great vitality, and I had no doubt that he would attain a distinguished path, and the issue was only related to the suitability of Ahmed's file for a seat at the University of Cambridge." ".
The professor emphasized that Ahmed's story has a great humanitarian dimension. "There are a lot of negative images about refugees, but Ahmed's story is a great and exceptional success story."