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Donia Youssef: “Being mixed has developed me as a person”

The author on her rollercoaster experience and never quite fitting in

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Isabella Silvers
Feb 07, 2022
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Hi, welcome back to Mixed Messages! This week I’m speaking to Donia Youssef, an author and producer of mixed-Egyptian and white heritage. Donia grew up around the Middle East before moving to the UK, and felt a lack of stability in the cultural and religious spaces she inhabited. Read Donia’s story below.

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