• Bella Hadid recently declared in an interview that she will not stop advocating for Palestinians
• Despite the fact that she will lose her modelling career because of her stance on Palestine.

The 25-year-old model has spoken publicly about her disappointment at being denied the opportunity to learn about her Palestinian father Mohamed Hadid’s “Muslim culture” as a child.

After spending her early years in Washington, DC with her Palestinian family, Bella Hadid, daughter of a Palestinian real estate entrepreneur and a Dutch model, relocated to California.

After her parents got divorced and she moved to California, Bella told GQ Magazine that she felt “disconnected” from her Palestinian heritage.

Growing up in Santa Barbara, the model said she was “never able to see myself in anything,” while adding, “For so long I was missing that part of me, and it made me really, really sad and lonely.”

“I would have loved to grow up and be with my dad every day and studying and really being able to practice, just in general being able to live in a Muslim culture. But I wasn’t given that,” she shared.

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“I speak about [Palestine] for the elderly that are still living there that have never been able to see Palestine free, and for the children that can still grow up and have a beautiful life,” Bella said.

Gigi Hadid’s sister previously stated on the Rep podcast that she has lost many friendships and modelling possibilities due to her stance for Palestine.

But it does not stop the model from voicing her support for the Palestinian cause as she said, “I realised that I’m not on this earth to be a model.”

Bella continued: “I’m so lucky and blessed that I’m in a position where I can speak out the way that I do. And really, the downfall is what? That I lose my job?”