I'm Hibba Fisher and you're listening to Kearning cultures.

Stories from the Middle East and the spaces in between.

Do you know any other Yemeni Vietnamese?

Yes. So all the Yemeni Vietnamese that migrated out of Vietnam, they were captive in a camp.

We need a backup for a second. What?

Can you tell me, like, in more detail?

What race are you?

I'm a woman of color.

Oh, I should have answered. I'm sorry, can we do that again?

Because I'm an Arab American woman of color, which is not a race.

Okay, sorry. See, I don't like the race piece.

I just don't get it.

It's weird.

It's not real.

So when Muhammad Salah finally scored, they thought it was over.

But that was not meant to be.

As usual, Egypt always gives its fans a heartbreak.

I had the mentality of a 10-year-old and realistically the body of a 10-year-old,

but I wasn't considered to be 10 years old.

I was just a kid who was bleeding.

What I didn't really understand was how I went from being 10 years old yesterday to suddenly growing into a woman the next day.

What like 25 year old thinks I need to buy gold.

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