Bella Hadid confided in her relationship with her culture and religion, inherited from her Palestinian father.
Bella Hadid Opens Up About Reconnecting with Her Palestinian Roots
She is undoubtedly one of America’s most committed celebrities for a free Palestine. Bella Hadid is one of the most selling faces of the moment, a world-renowned model and a very big brand. But Bella Hadid is now also petitions, videos, photos, archives, open letters participating in the Palestinian struggle. The 25-year-old woman has decided for some time to stop ignoring what was happening in her father’s country of origin, regardless of the consequences.
In an interview with “GQ” on August 16, along with his best friend, actor and director Ramy Youssef, the model confided on his new link to the Muslim religion: “For so long, I missed this part of myself and I felt very, very sad and lonely. ”
Constant regret
Growing up in Santa Barbara, with a Dutch mother, Yolanda Hadid, and a Palestinian father, Mohammed Hadid, it was complicated for Bella Hadid to remain attached to her father’s roots. Especially after the divorce of the parents. “I would have liked to grow up with my father so much every day and really be able to live with Muslim culture. But I’ve never been given that. After spending the first few years of her life in Washington, D.C. with her Palestinian family, Bella was forced to live on the other side of the country: “I was completely separated from my family when you moved to California. ”
Today, Bella Hadid seems to be reconnecting to this part of herself. And most importantly, the model no longer fears defending his ideas and beliefs. After sharing educational resources on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and videos of the clashes, she was attacked Gigi Hadidby the press in one form. “I realized that I am not on Earth to be a model,” Bella Hadid said of the scale of the case. “I’m very lucky to have this position, which allows me to talk about these things and to be heard. And seriously, what would be the worst? That I’m losing my job? ”
Bella Hadid’s debut as an actress
This link to her religion has arrived at the same time as a new project for Bella Hadid: she will soon make her debut as an actress. It was by winning a role in the “Rami” series that Bella Hadid realized that she could be openly Muslim and proud to be Arab, because she was not alone in the industry. The series is centered on a Muslim character divided between his Egyptian culture, his will to live every day as the last while finding his spiritual path. At the casting of “Rami”, many guests from the Arab community, like Bella Hadid for the next season.
The model quickly became very close to director and lead actor Ramy Youssef. Also a Muslim, he himself proposed this role to the model. “When I got to the set, I didn’t know how to handle my emotions,” Gigi Hadid’s younger sister told “GQ.” “Having grown up being Arab and Muslim, it was the first time I had been with people who thought like me. I was finally able to see myself. ”
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