Waseem Thaer Al-Homsi was born in 1989 in a small village 70 km west of Homs in central Syria. He was raised in a multicultural family led by his father, a strong and powerful businessman. At the age of 9, he became interested in the arts, mainly music, and began playing the oud and accordion. In 2004, he dropped out of school and left home to escape the pressure from his family, who wanted him to be involved in the family business. Since then, ...