Bella Hadid

Bella Hadid gave an interview to GQ where she said she regretted not growing up in a Muslim culture. Also, the model took part in a photo shoot with her colleague in the series “Rami” for the Hulu streaming platform (this project was Bella’s debut as an actress), actor Rami Youssef. She was the one who helped him come into Muslim culture, she.

Bella calls herself a Muslim: she said in an interview that she was proud of it.

Bella grew up in Santa Barbara, California, with her older sister Gigi and younger brother Anwar. Bella Hadid’s father is Mohammed Hadid, a Palestinian-American businessman and millionaire, and her mother, Yolanda Hadid, is American. Bella was often the only Arab student in the class and had to deal with racial abuse as a teenager.

Bella Hadid and Rami Youssef

As Bella had said before, her father was very religious and prayed often. When Bella was four years old, her parents decided to divorce, but the two remained in California for their children.

Bella managed to enter the Muslim culture thanks to her friendship with Rami Youssef, who starred in the TV series Rami, whom she met on the set of the project.

In the conflict between Palestine and Israel, Bella Hadid and her sister Gigi sided with Palestine. The model often writes about the problems of the Palestinian people, for which she is banned on Instagram*. In addition, she and Gigi have come under fierce criticism online for their support for Palestine, and the American media has even called models to be harassed for anti-Semitism.

On the set of the TV series “Rami”, the crew gave her a welcome gift – a T-shirt with the words “Free Palestine”, which was very touching to Bella.

*Instagram is owned by Meta, a recognized extremist organization in the Russian Federation.