ahmed hussein, we haven't done anything. ahmed hussein. an _ we haven't done anything.sein, an ethnic oromo - we haven't done anything. ahmed hussein, an ethnic oromo shows | hussein, an ethnic oromo shows me his neighbourhood. is one of the few people left ear and this town is one the dozens of constituencies there will not be voting on monday because of insecurity. it has left many here feeling even more powerless. translation: �* , translation: ahmed is saddened that he cannot _ translation: ahmed is saddened that he cannot but _ translation: ahmed is saddened that he cannot but like _ translation: ahmed is saddened that he cannot but like many - that he cannot but like many parts of the country. he says he feels like _ parts of the country. he says he feels like he's _ parts of the country. he says he feels like he's not - parts of the country. he says he feels like he's not even i he feels like he's not even alive. despite the tensions, here in ataye and many parts of ethiopia, the government is pushing ahead with elections. the prime minister has never been tested

his birth name was ahmed hussein al-sharaa. >> war in the middle east. the israeli forces drive spearheads across the sinai peninsula. >> smith: but long before ahmed was born, he says his family was shaped by conflict. the al-sharaas had fled their home during the 1967 arab-israeli war. >> israeli forces launched an all-out attack on arab forces. and so began the six-day war. with israeli paratroops capturing the center of rusalem, israel now turn their attention to syria, bombing damascus and advancing into the golan heights. >> jolani: >> smith: years later, ahmed took the nom de guerre abu mohammed al jolani. jolani is a reference to the golan heights. as a teenager, he worked in his father's grocery store in damascus. but like other young men of his generation, he was drawn to politics through religion. he also says he was influenced by the second palestinian intifada of the early 2000s. >> jolani: >> smith: and at that point in your life, that was 2000, approximately, just before 9/11. (jolani agreeing) what did you think and feel on 9/11 at the tim