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Light skinned, biracial, Jewish, Arab American man.

June 23, 2022June 23, 2022 Arab, Arab-American, Austrian, baklava, biracial, Egyptian, English, Falafel, food, German, Greek, Iraqi, irish, italian, Jewish, light skinned, Norwegian, Polish, qitnyot, religion, Russian, scottish, Sephardic, Shabbat, South German, Swedish, Swiss-German, synagogue, Syrian

Arturo Hull,
Anchorage, AK.

My mom is Syrian, Iraqi, Egyptian, Greek, Italian, Swiss-German, Austrian, South German, English, Norwegian and Danish. My dad is English, Scottish, Irish, Swedish, German, Polish, and Russian. I am light-skinned and can easily pass as French or Italian, but I embrace my Arab roots to the fullest and enjoy foods like Falafel, ful medames, and baklava. I also celebrate Arab holidays, such as Syrian Independence Day and Syrian Revolution Day. When I go to synagogue for Shabbat, I try to attend a Sephardic Synagogue and I eat qitnyot on Shabbat.

Where? you must mean Monaco right?

September 9, 2021September 9, 2021 Arabic, High School, identity, Jewish, Michel Bassadon, Monaco, NY, Sephardic, White Plains

Michel Bassadon,
White Plains, NY.

I was born in Morocco. My mother was Austrian and my father Jewish Moroccan, known as Sephardic. In high school some of my peers said my accent was French, others said it was Spanish. They decided I was from Monaco, especially since my first name was French. For a long time I didn’t know who I was; I had native fluency in both French and Spanish but did not speak Arabic. Until I finally wrote a memoir “Where the Wind Blew: a Boyhood Lost in Tangier”(Now on Amazon) and understood my identity.

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