Shereen El Feki - We were the outliers: my mother was the only Western woman (khawagayya, in Egyptia...

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We were the outliers: my mother was the only Western woman (khawagayya, in Egyptian Arabic) to have married into the family, and during my childhood, we were the only members living outside of Egypt. So between my father's prestige as the eldest son and my own exotic pedigree, I basked in the spotlight.

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Wir waren die Ausreißer: Meine Mutter war die einzige westliche Frau (Khawagayya, im ägyptischen Arabisch), die in die Familie geheiratet hatte, und während meiner Kindheit lebten wir als einzige außerhalb Ägyptens. Zwischen dem Ansehen meines Vaters als ältester Sohn und meiner eigenen exotischen Abstammung habe ich mich also im Rampenlicht gefangen.

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