--- title: Bella Hadid Proud to Be a Muslim description: Find out what model Bella Hadid said about how President Donald Trump's travel ban hit too close to home. canonical: https://time.com/4724833/bella-hadid-donald-trump-travel-ban/ author: Samantha Cooney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-04T19:50:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:05:21.767Z og:title: Bella Hadid Says President Trump’s Travel Ban Hit Close to Home og:description: ‘My dad was a refugee' og:url: https://time.com/4724833/bella-hadid-donald-trump-travel-ban/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt66ba0c97dc812629/6988c14986f68e6d3c6e41ce/bella-hadid-muslim.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Fendi - Backstage - Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2017/18 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bella Hadid Says President Trump’s Travel Ban Hit Close to Home twitter:description: ‘My dad was a refugee' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt66ba0c97dc812629/6988c14986f68e6d3c6e41ce/bella-hadid-muslim.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bella Hadid Says President Trump’s Travel Ban Hit Close to Home  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Apr 4, 2017 7:50 PM UTC  MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 23: Model Bella Hadid, beauty backstage detail, is seen backstage ahead of the Fendi show during Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2017/18 on February 23, 2017 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Lorenzo Palizzolo/Getty Images) MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 23: Model Bella Hadid, beauty backstage detail, is seen backstage ahead of the Fendi show during Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2017/18 on February 23, 2017 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Lorenzo Palizzolo/Getty Images)Lorenzo Palizzolo—Getty Images  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Apr 4, 2017 7:50 PM UTC [Bella Hadid](http://motto.time.com/4693578/bella-hadid-dior-beauty-secrets/) is “proud to be a Muslim.” The model appears on the latest cover of [_Porter_](https://www.portersubscription.com/?prom=PTRYU), where she said that President Donald Trump’s original executive order that temporarily [banned](http://time.com/4660850/trump-white-house-travel-ban-judiciary-immigration/?iid=sr-link9) travelers and refugees from seven Muslim majority countries, and was later [struck down](http://time.com/4667127/donald-trump-immigration-ban-court-case/?iid=sr-link1) by a federal judge, was personal for her. “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,” Hadid told the magazine, [according](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2017/04/04/bella-hadid-is-proud-to-be-a-muslim-porter-magazine/100014324/) to _USA Today_. Hadid’s father, real estate mogul [Mohamed Hadid](http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a9120/mohamed-hadid-los-angeles-real-estate/), has [Palestinian roots](http://motto.time.com/4688343/gigi-hadid-vogue-arabia-first-issue/) and practices the Muslim faith. She told the magazine that her father was religious and always prayed with her and her siblings, fellow models Gigi and Anwar. “I am proud to be a Muslim,” Hadid said. In January, Hadid and Gigi [protested](http://motto.time.com/4653587/gigi-hadid-bella-hadid-protest-trump-immigration-order/) Trump’s original travel ban in New York City. “We shouldn’t treat people as if they don’t deserve kindness just because of their ethnicities,” Hadid [told](http://www.elle.com/fashion/celebrity-style/news/a42682/bella-hadid-protest-interview/) _Elle_ about her decision to participate in the protest. \[H/T [_USA Today_](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2017/04/04/bella-hadid-is-proud-to-be-a-muslim-porter-magazine/100014324/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4724833/bella-hadid-donald-trump-travel-ban/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4724833/bella-hadid-donald-trump-travel-ban/"},"headline":"Bella Hadid Says President Trump’s Travel Ban Hit Close to Home","datePublished":"2017-04-04T19:50:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:05:21.767Z","description":"‘My dad was a refugee'","url":"https://time.com/4724833/bella-hadid-donald-trump-travel-ban/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt66ba0c97dc812629/6988c14986f68e6d3c6e41ce/bella-hadid-muslim.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Cooney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt66ba0c97dc812629/6988c14986f68e6d3c6e41ce/bella-hadid-muslim.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Fendi - Backstage - Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2017/18","caption":"Fendi - Backstage - Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2017/18","creditText":"Lorenzo Palizzolo—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4724833/bella-hadid-donald-trump-travel-ban/","name":"Bella Hadid Says President Trump’s Travel Ban Hit Close to Home"}}]}] ```