@Artist.Amiraa
Amira A
@Artist.Amiraa · 4:46

Growing up mixed in America : Half Arab Half Mexican

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It's a debated subject, but I decided to wear it for my own reasons. And I knew that this would make me very publicly Muslim. All of a sudden, people would assume that I'm from another country, like people would just come up to me and be like, oh, where are you from? And I'd be like, Texas

#mixedRace #findAPlace #different #culture #arab #mexican

@FryedOreo
Dewuan .
@FryedOreo · 2:47

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How did that play factor into your dating life? Or did you even have a dating life with your background and everything like that? How did you manage to do as such
@Artist.Amiraa
Amira A
@Artist.Amiraa · 4:04
And I'm like, Well, if you think about it, it's not that weird, because back in the day, the Arabs invaded Spain. So there's probably already mixed Arab heritage in Spaniards and the Spaniards colonized Mexico. There's a lot of different things that you have to take in mind when it comes to historical mixes and stuff like that. And there's a lot of Arabic words in Spanish, and people are not aware of these things
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Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15

Welcome to Swell!

@FryedOreo
Dewuan .
@FryedOreo · 2:03

Do you communicate easier through art rather than conversation? 🤔

It seems like you would rather. I don't know. I'm just getting this vibe that you feel more comfortable poetically talking about your life and experience rather than saying it just by word. Maybe for you, it's more moving to do it in artistic sort of flow that's
@Artist.Amiraa
Amira A
@Artist.Amiraa · 2:50
So, yeah, a lot of the times, the words can feel like they're trapped inside of me. And sometimes I'll just I'll just get, like, a line out of nowhere. It'll just appear in my head and I'll say, oh, God, I got to go write this down right now because something's coming out of me. Whatever it is, I got to write it down. Poetry helps me a lot with getting what I need to get out
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