Kenny Al-Bahir

"Kenny" Al-Bahir is a recurring character on The War At Home. Kenny is an awkward sixteen-year-old teenage boy who harbored a crush on his best friend for a while. He is the neighbor of the Gold family and best friend of Larry Gold.
== Personality ==
Kenny displays an awkward personality, much like his best friend Larry, a part of this could be due to him having being in the closet, but after he comes out he is shown being more confidence and more vocal of his opinions, Larry even said that now he is more "bitchy". 
== Season 1 ==
When Larry goes out to try out for the school drama auditions, Kenny comments that a lot of the guys in the drama department are gay and ask if Larry is, he says no while also questioning why Kenny asks that so often and he goes on saying it will be good since he'll be the only straight one, Kenny, in order to disguise himself, says maybe he should tryout too in order to get a girlfriend too.After Larry is spanked by his dad, he moves out and moves into Kenny's house which proves to be a rough time as his parents are very strict, allowing only 15 minutes of watching TV. 
When Larry is struggling with making a poem for class Kenny offers him one of his poems, Larry accepts, however he is given too much praise for it, even getting an award for it which makes Kenny resentful towards Larry. He tells him to choose between telling that it's not his or risking their friendship, Larry decides to tell the truth and Kenny most likely forgave him. 
Kenny had a plan of going to comic con with his dad and Larry but his father canceled last minute and so Larry's dad offered and went with them.
== Season 2 ==
When Kenny's dad, Achmed, and Dave get into a fight about the properties of their house, they forbid him and Larry from seeing each other, but they ignore this and see each other in secret. However, they eventually get caught up in the conflict for a brief moment. Though in the end, their dads make up and the boys are reunited.
Larry mentions how Dave thinks Kenny is gay after Kenny turns down going on a double date with Larry and two girls. Kenny awkwardly laughs, hoping Larry will pick up the hint as he verbally denies being gay. Larry does not pick up the hint.Kenny confronts Dave, again verbally denying being gay. Dave gives a half-hearted apology as he continues to keep building his bookcase, not caring. Eventually, Kenny asks how one would know if one was gay. Dave does not answer immediately, and the screen cuts to a Kenny dancing to the YMCA with rainbows shooting out of his ears. (Earlier in the episode, Dave mentions how if Kenny were any gayer "the Village People would play every time he walked in a room and rainbows would be shooting out of his ears.") Kenny snaps Dave out of it, again asking how one would know. Dave stutters and turns back to his bookcase, equating sexuality to ice cream flavors. He asks Kenny what flavor he likes and Kenny responds "I don't know, which one's the gay flavor?"
Dave stops what he's doing and turns to Kenny, asking him what he's trying to say. Kenny shocked at himself but a little excited continues on to officially come out. He hugs Dave much to Dave's dismay. Dave suggests he tells his parents, this does not go well. Kenny reveals that his father kicked him out of the house after he came out. Later, the Gold family asks Kenny to stay with them, Kenny accepts.
As the season progresses Dave appears to like Kenny more. Originally, he disliked his presence but forms a parent-like bond with Kenny.
When Kenny starts talking to a new guy, Dylan, which he is going to be alone at the house with, Vicky decides it’s time for Dave to talk to him about safe sex, which is mortifying for him and Kenny. Once he was alone with Dylan he outright screamed he wasn’t ready in having sex yet saying that he's still new to dating and everything but Dylan reassured him that he’s not ready to have sex either and they continued their date which turned out great.
Kenny and Dylan decided to go to the school dance together but the school forbids them from going. Larry decides to protest to allow them to go to the dance, however it proves pointless as they still won’t let them go. Dave decides to take matters into his own hands however it causes social services to get called on them. As Kenny was about to be taken by a social worker, Kenny's father and mother rush into the door, and his mother prompts his father to say something to his son. Kenny's father announces he will be allowing Kenny to return home. Dave is not satisfied, demanding he does more than "allow" Kenny to come home; that he is to accept and love Kenny for who he is and apologize to him. After an awkward silence, Kenny suggests they pretend nothing happened and work through each day until eventually, they like each other maybe a little more. The parents agree and rush Kenny out of the door.
After being the victim of the senior prank he and Larry decided to get revenge, with Mike's help they plan to unleash hundreds of rats at the senior graduation however (due to not calling ahead) there were no rats available and so they substituted for crickets but the crickets end up getting loose at Larry's house and they’re forced to recover all of them during the afterparty.
== Trivia ==
Kenny is the son of Persian immigrants and speaks Farsi. In an episode he is incorrectly referred to as an "Arab". Persians and Arabs are two distinct ethnic groups. This can be seen as an error of the writers and producers or part of Dave Gold 's insensitivity and ignorance.
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