Ella Al-Shamahi

So humans the size of penguins were hunting elephants the size of cows.

The Neanderthals of Asia.

We were constantly not succeeding.

And then we did.

And we did in the biggest way possible.

okay so what you're referring to there is something which i guess um i have not really known how to talk about um god up until quite recently in fact one of my friends turned around and said just last year you said that you might go to your grave with this wow yeah why why is why was why has this been so tender

I, you come from a religious background.

I did.

No way.

Yeah.

I did not know that.

I never get to have this conversation with people who have any kind of religious background, let alone a Muslim background.

I think my fear is that I do not want my story to be a stick to beat people who are in religious communities with.

The community was incredibly tight.

It was incredibly protective.

It was absolutely overprotective as well.

Oh my God, yeah.

I didn't wear trousers.

I didn't wear makeup.

It was an ultra-conservative community.