Bella Hadid has called out Instagram for a deleting a post she made to her story of her father, Mohamed Hadid’s passport stating his birthplace as Palestine.
The supermodel claims the social media platform took down her Instagram story, sharing a screenshot stating the post had violated their community guidelines.
Along with the screengrab the 23-year-old said, “Instagram removed my story that only said ‘My baba and his birthplace of Palestine’ with a photograph of his American passport.”
Directly tagging the social media platform, the model questioned what it was about her “being proud of [her] father’s birthplace” that should be deemed “bullying, harassment, graphic or sexual nudity”.
“Are we not allowed to be Palestinian on Instagram?” she continued. “This, to me, is bullying. You can’t erase history by silencing people. It doesn’t work like that.”
Hadid went on to repost her father’s passport photo which was deleted saying, “Do you want him to change his birthplace for you?”
The model encouraged everyone to post where their heritage from both their mothers and fathers come from, to remind them they are “proud” of where they come from.
“I am proud to be Palestinian,” she firmly stated.
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Hadid’s 71-year-old father was born in Palestine in 1948 and holds Jordanian and US citizenship. Meanwhile, the model’s mother, Yolanda Hadid, is Dutch.
Hadid has previously opened up about her father’s heritage in an interview with magazine in 2017.
“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. “He was always religious, and he always prayed with us. I am proud to be a Muslim.”
