6 Things You Didnt Know About Me!

This is for you Tom! I couldn't come up with 10 things so here are 6!

1. I was born in Kuwait, lived there till the Gulf War, and came to Egypt in a car with my whole family. It was the first time I had ever seen my dad cry and I remember it to this day. He packed us all up in his car with enough food to last the 4-5 day trip and we left everything else behind. I remember we weren't travelling alone. One of my dad's friends had packed his family in my mum's car, and there were other families as well, and we all had a pink sticker on our windshields so that we didn't lose each other. I remember that on this trip we'd sleep in our cars at night, and my youngest brother was less than a year old so was crying alot. We passed through quite a number of countries but I can only remember passing through Iraq because I had never seen my parents so tense in my life. I was 6 at the time and really couldn't comprehend that we were in a war zone. We used to hear bombs while sitting at home and my dad would put us under tables and all I could think about was how I was interrupted while watching my favourite cartoon!
2. My dad has one brother and my mum has 6 sisters! And I have never met all 6 of my aunts; they are scattered all over the globe. Its quite strange when I think about the fact that I could be sitting next to one of my aunts or one of their children and wouldnt know them!
3. I spoke English before I spoke Arabic, which is why sometimes my Arabic sounds a little strange. I only started feeling comfortable about talking to my parents in Arabic when I was 10 or 11!
4. I have known Lina Haddad for about 16 years now! We were in the same class in school, lived on the same street till fairly recently, took the same bus to school every morning, were in the same university, got into AIESEC in the same year, have similar friends, and still are the best of friends.
5. I have 5 piercings. You would think that this would be something noticeable but I have had them for over 6 years and till today people ask me "did you just pierce your ears?".
6. I have never tried cigarettes nor alcohol, I was simply never interested, and still am not.