Ella Al-Shamahi
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Radiolab
Creation Story
Yeah, so my parents are Yemeni, but the community was kind of quite Pan-Arab.
Radiolab
Creation Story
And regardless of the denomination you came from or the sect or whatever, you were pretty much anti-evolution.
Radiolab
Creation Story
No, clearly, you know, your family, clearly there were families and individuals who did explain things like that.
Radiolab
Creation Story
And there was absolutely none in the missionary world.
Radiolab
Creation Story
So I personally believed that we were created in a week, basically.
Radiolab
Creation Story
God created us in a week, as in the whole world, including Adam and Eve.
Radiolab
Creation Story
The one difference is that the Christians give God a day off.
Radiolab
Creation Story
Yeah, I became a missionary at the age of 13 and like traveled the UK being a missionary.