‘Where are you from?’

Nadia Mahjouri, 48, Hobart, Tas. Sitting on the floor, I drew a doodle in my notepad. It looked like petals and twirls. My school books were full of them. As I drew, I eavesdropped. It was 1984, I was eight and my mum Jessie, 34, and stepdad Rod, 36, were hosting a dinner party. “We lived in Marrakesh,” Mum said. My ears pricked up. She was talking about my biological father. “Didn’t you marry in Edinburgh?” a friend asked. “Yeah, because my mother was there visiting from Tassie,” she replied. Just then, someone made a joke and everyone laughed. The conversation topic changed after that. I sighed. I wanted to hear more. I grew up in Launceston knowing I looked different from other kids. I was tall and tanned, with…

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