Originally born in the city of Galkayo, a city located in the north-central region of Somalia. Barkhad lived most of his life in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, in the south side of Minneapolis. Emerging from a predominantly low-income East African immigrant community, Barkhad was actively exposed to an environment that is rich and abundant in many forms of arts across a spectrum of many cultures. The Cedar-Riverside neighborhood houses the highest concentration of Somalis. The Somali Diaspora's manifestation in the arts of poetry has given them the name the nation of poets. A Stray, an independent film shot in the heart of Cedar-Riverside, starting Barkhad himself, gives viewers a glimpse of his actual background. His film credits range from his role in Captain Philips, a 2013 Sony production, A Stray, a 2016 production, to his recently Oscar nominated film Watu Wote: All of us.

最初出生于位于索马里中北部地区的加尔卡约市。巴克哈德一生中的大部分时间都住在明尼阿波利斯南部的雪松河滨社区。巴哈德来自一个以低收入为主的东非移民社区，他积极地接触到一个丰富多彩的环境，这种环境丰富多彩，多种艺术形式，跨越多种文化。Cedar-Riverside社区是索马里人最集中的地方。索马里侨民在诗歌艺术中的表现使他们被称为诗人之国。《流浪者》是一部在锡达-里弗赛德中心拍摄的独立电影，从巴克哈德本人开始，让观众一窥他的真实背景。他的电影作品包括他在 2013 年索尼制作的《飞利浦船长》、2016 年制作的《流浪者》中的角色，以及他最近获得奥斯卡提名的电影《Watu Wote： All of us》。