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I come from a middle eastern background, both of my parents are Saudis and I too. However, I was born in the United States, in which I became a US citizen. Which means that I have dual citizenships. Although answering this question is a bit difficult, this class has introduced me to some concepts that are useful in order to answer. Being first or a second generation and stereotypes are some concepts that I can relate to in regard to this question.

The fact that I was born in the United States makes me consider myself as a second generation. However, the case my case is different, as I was born here I did not get to live my childhood in the states. I moved back to Saudi Arabia. I lived most of my life in Saudi, in which I was introduced to the culture, traditions and everything my parents wanted me to know about their identity. Which after a while become my identity as well. As I grew up and graduated from high school, it seemed to me that it is the time to come to the states. I felt that I need to know more about myself, it felt weird to having a dual citizenships while knowing nothing about the place I was born in. I came to the United States and I was introduced to the culture here and adapt to a different life. Although I was introduced to a new life this did not cause me to lose my identity, what it has done is that it added to it. That says I wasn’t here as child which doubt the idea of being a second generation. However, I was only 17 when I got here ! So, it somehow difficult to answer this question. I consider myself as I fall in the middle between first and second generation.