Jade Thirlwall Discusses Her Arabian Heritage With Vogue Arabia

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Had a chat with @voguearabia about my Egyptian-Yemeni heritage with my beautiful Mam ♥️ It’s important for me to be the positive representation little me needed ✨ link in my bio 🇾🇪🇪🇬 Photographer: @heikoprigge Interviewer: @alexandriagouveia Hair: @aaroncarlohair Styling: @zackandjamiestyle

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Jade Thirlwall sat down with Vogue Arabia to chat about her Arabian heritage. Jade was joined by her beautiful mother for the interview. Highlights from her chat can be found below.

On being bullied at primary school do to her race: “There was a complete lack of education and understanding of different races and faiths. It affected my mental health. I became very depressed and it triggered the eating disorder I had throughout school.”

On learning more about her culture and heritage: “As an adult I’m connecting more with my Arab side – it’s a shame that it’s taken me until now to understand that. Being Arab is a beautiful thing. I’m trying to learn more of the language; in fact, during our US tour with Ariana Grande [Little Mix was one of the opening acts on Grande’s Dangerous Woman tour in 2017], I did an online Arabic course.”

You can check out more from her interview here.