#egyptian identity
I was 18 when I legally applied to change my name in court, in the Netherlands. I was born ‘Somayah' daughter of a Dutch mother and an Egyptian father. They divorced when I was very young. I don’t remember much from the time they were together, apart from two fights that occurred in the Netherlands, and that one time I got stuck in an elevator in Alexandria because I couldn't reach the buttons. I must have suppressed everything else. I…
