Bella Hadid has never shied away from speaking her mind: from gettingreal about breakups to her anxieties over her career to herbattle with Lyme disease, the 20-year-old has shown the world several sides of herself. And now she’s opening up about something else: her religion.

For the summer issue of *Porter* magazine, Bella spoke about being Muslim and how her father’s experience as a Muslim refugee has affected her in thecurrent political climate.

“My dad was a refugee when he first came to America, so it’s actually very close to home for my sister and brother and me,” she said, referring to President Donald Trump’snow-blocked travel ban that targeted six Muslim-majority countries.

Mohamed Hadid, a real estate mogul, was born in Israel and lived in Syria and then Lebanon, before immigrating to the U.S. at the age of 14,Page Sixreports. (Syria is included on the list of nations banned byTrump’s executive order.)

The supermodel also explained how her father’s heritage factored into her upbringing. “He was always religious, and he always prayed with us,” she said, adding, “I am proud to be a Muslim.”

Neither Bella nor her siblings Gigi and Anwar had publicly confirmed their religion until now, but it is a subject close to Bella's heart. Both Bella and Gigi werespotted at a New York City protest condemning the travel ban. Alongside mother Yolanda Hadid, they carried a poster reading, “We are all Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Atheists, Christians, Jews.”

Following the march, Bellaspoke about her experience at the protest and highlighted her “diverse background.” (Her mother is from the Netherlands.) “I’ve had incredible experiences all over the world … and I’ve learned that we’re all just people, and we all deserve respect and kindness." she said at the time. "We shouldn’t treat people as if they don’t deserve kindness just because of their ethnicities. It’s just not right. And that message—to be compassionate whenever possible—that’s so important to me.”

Last month, Gigi sparked a conversation around her family’s roots,appearing on the cover of the first-everVogue Arabia and wearing a hijab in inside images. And, in 2015, she posted animage of her hands covered in mehndi, captioning it “Half Palestinian & proud of it.” (Gigi’s boyfriend, Zayn Malik, is also Muslim.)

InPorter—where Bella appears on the cover makeup-free—she also opens up about feeling like she has to compete with her sister’s wild success, not fretting over boys, and how the spotlight has affected her. “It gets really overwhelming,” she says. “You feel really overexposed and you don’t want to see anybody.... I just want to be in my apartment alone and kind of retreat and be centered again.”

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