Recently, I received a letter of acceptance into one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Not to dwell on that for too long but being where I am from and who I am this meant a lot to me and over the next few days I was overwhelmed by messages of support telling me: how I deserved this, how they knew I could do it, how no one could stop me. Those are fairly typical congratulations but what made me think about them was their referral to “me” to this idea of Hassan that they had all crafted. This may not seem like an incredibly large problem on the surface level but the following question of “who am I?” and “is the same person they’re talking about the same person I think I am?” are incredibly important and personal questions. Now many do not go on a personal quest of introspection once they receive a university offer but then again, this sort of behaviour is probably the reason that I got accepted into the university in the first place. So today we will be exploring something, I think all of us can relate to – identity, what does it mean to be you, or I, or a person.
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