I Spent 36 Years Hiding My True Identity — Then I Got An Unexpected Email That Had Me Saying ‘You Found Me’

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The first thing I did after immigrating to the United States in 1988 at 16 was hide my identity. Being from Lebanon felt shameful, partly due to the ongoing civil war there at the time and the negative stereotypes influenced by political tensions in the region.Cognizant of these issues, my dad, who