A Bruce Lee impersonator is gaining Internet stardom in Afghanistan, thanks to his Facebook page and imitations of famous Bruce Lee moves and poses.
“I want to be a champion in my country and a Hollywood star,” Abbas Alizada, or “Bruce Hazara,” as his Facebook page calls him, told Reuters.
Alizada trains twice a week to achieve his goal. From a poor family of 10 children, Alizada’s parents couldn’t afford to send him to a martial arts academy, but a trainer mentored him anyway. Now, he wants to make it to the big screen and bring some good press to Afghanistan in the process.
“The only news that comes from Afghanistan is about war … I am happy that my story is a positive one,” Alizada said.
So... you may be thinking "There are a billion Chinese people on this earth, how the heck did Bruce Lee's reincarnation show up in Afghanistan of all the places". Well, Afghanistan has dozens of different ethnic groups, Abbas Alizada belongs to the Hazara tribe - Mongolian mixed with Persian people. Many believe that the Hazaras were originally Genghis Khan's men who settled in Afghanistan and married local women.
Anyways, what do you think? Does he look like Bruce Lee?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPfzrZmHrjg
PS, Video thumbnail is posted down below.
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