WHITFIELD: Ali Abbas lost both arms in a bomb blast last year in Iraq. At there time, there was lots of media coverage which showed Abbas suffering in a Baghdad hospital. But now, thanks to a worldwide outpouring of sympathy, Abbas has a new lease on life and new calling. ITN's Jasmine Lowson explains.</s>JASMINE LOWSON, ITN REPOERTER (voice-over): Steady brush control and competent design: the remarkable work of a 13-year-old boy painting with his foot. Ali Abbas lost both his arms in a bomb blast in Iraq last year, now he's learning to express himself through images remembered.</s>ALI ABBAS, 13-YEAR-OLD PAINTER: Was near to my house. The mosque. I used to go and pray there. There is my park.</s>LOWSON: Pictures of Ali helpless in hospital in Baghdad, moved the world. Donation flooded in and enabled him to be brought to Britain for treatment be and to be fitted with false arms which can be removed which he likes to remove to paint.</s>ZAPAR KHAN, LIMBLESS ASSN. CHAIRMAN: His arms are controlled electronically. And he has got movement which is this and that movement. For art, he needs fine kind of movement.</s>ABBAS: Left both hospitals in Iraq to help lots of people in Iraq.</s>LOWSON: Ali now feels he can repay some of the kindness he's received. Sales from his pictures will now go to help some more children in Iraq. Jasmine Lowson, ITV news.</s>WHITFIELD: And that's all the time we have for right now. Coming up next, "People in the News." TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Profile Of 13-year-old Amputee Artist Ali Abbas