Grown-ish actress Yara Shahidi graces Harper’s Bazaar Arabia June cover

Yara Shahidi is stunning on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar Arabia magazine.

In the magazine, the 18 year old opens up to HB Arabia’s Emily Baxter-Priest about her multicultural heritage. It has shaped her into the activist she is today.

Speaking about her family, Yara says: “Being multicultural, you can’t help but be interested and connected to the world around you. My family is from all over the world, so how can you not care for people around the world too?”

Yara adds that while she is made up of two cultures – Iranian on her father’s side and African-American on her mother’s side – she doesn’t separate the two.

“I don’t see much of a ‘this is my black side and this is my Iranian side’, because I come from a family of socially-engaged humans, and it’s hard to identify because of how similar both sides are.”

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