My Identities, My Self: Personal Narrative

My Identities , My Self : Personal Narrative

The person I am today is a sum of different identities . As my life unfolds , I know I will find myself in other roles and acquire more identities as well . People say the whole is always better than the sum of its parts . But to find ME apart from these identities is like peeling an onion : if you keep peeling , you will eventually get to the core but lose the whole thing

Some of my identities are personal like being a student , somebody 's friend or

roommate , the roles we play in this world . My most remarkable identity however is of me is influenced by people and events I had nothing to do with , but nevertheless had a big impact to the person I am and to the person the world sees when they look at me

I am a Muslim . Being a Muslim is both a gift and I discovered later on- a pain . Growing up as a Muslim in Saudi is no big deal . At first it was hard to reconcile the fact that the belief which shaped and nurtured me could be a source of prejudice separating me and other Muslims everywhere from the rest of the world . How could my refuge be somebody else 's nightmare

When I became an international student , the story changed . I have to live with a label associated with my race and religion . I have to experience first hand the biases and insensitiveness caused by...