I am safia....i'm 16 years old and i live in the netherlands a city 30 mins from amsterdam!anyway my mother is european{polish/scottish}and my father is north african{algerian}...i am not classed as bi racial....but the arabs are considered as a ethnic group(like the hispanics}in north america.when i was younger i lived in algeria....then in scotland{there i suffered a lot of racism}people didnt know what i was ..they thought i looked weird.but when i came to holland.....everything was cool..because there are so many ethnic groups here taht i feel at home.in particular towards the moroccan people.....i dont know but my friends outside of school are moroccan or of arabic/muslim descent.....i even find moroccan and north african men attractive.all my life i have recognised my scottish side and i even felt embarrased about my dad{his accent..his dark skin}but then i realised that i feel lucky to have the best of both worlds!.........the only thing i do feel bad about is that i cant speak arabic..only a few words but my name is algerian and i even have algerian features.....but i dont know the language!

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