DUBAI: Part-Palestinian model Gigi Hadid recently opened up about a host of personal topics in an interview with i-D magazine, shedding light on her experience of giving birth during the COVID-19 pandemic, feeling “weird” during her pregnancy during fashion month, her multi-cultural roots and how she intends to help her daughter embrace her different heritages, something, she reveals, she previously faced difficulty standing up for when it comes to her Arab roots. For the latest updates, follow us on Instagram @arabnews.lifestyle Hadid and Zayn Malik, father of her nine-month-old daughter Khai, are both from mixed race households. The 26-year-old model was born to Dutch supermodel and “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Yolanda Hadid and Palestinian property mogul Mohamed Hadid. Meanwhile, the former One Direction singer’s father is British-Pakistani, while his mother is English and Irish. The parents of Khai revealed that their multicultural roots are something they talk about a lot as partners as it’s “something that we first experienced ourselves because both of our parents are their own heritage.” Hadid went on to note that she sometimes felt that she was “too white” to stand up for her Arab heritage. “In certain situations, I feel — or I’m made to feel — that I’m too white to stand up for part of my Arab heritage. You go through life trying to figure out where you fit in racially. Is what I am, or what I have, enough to do what I feel is right? But then, also, is that taking advantage of the privilege of having the whiteness within me, right? Am I allowed to speak for this side of me, or is that speaking on something that I don’t experience enough to know? Do you know what I’m saying?” she said. She added that she thinks it will “be nice" to have such conversations with Khai someday, "and see where she comes from… without us putting that onto her. "What comes from her is what I"m most excited about," she added, "and being able to add to that or answer her questions."