Is She Afghan or German? (THIRD CULTURE KID)

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What is a Third Culture Kid? Find out in today's video of my Afghan German friend, Nadjma!
This is a video I've been wanting to make for a while. It's about "Third Culture Kids" -- AKA people who are raised in a culture other than their parents' or the culture of the country on their passport during childhood.
At times, third culture kids may feel like they are living in two separate minds , or even worse, like they don't belong in the country they are living in... which is complete nonsense, because they should always be accepted as it was not their choice which life they were born into!
Today I met Nadjma, an Afghan German, in Hamburg. This is her story which I think speaks volumes for others around the world. If you can relate to being a Third Culture Kid, please share below in the comments!
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[@laptopkiller2861]

Nobody: Kid in the background: yummy yummy kebab

[@sunflowergirl7096]

Laptop killer cute kid 😂

[@nctsumii.2235]

Ankit Banerjee Hi

[@nctsumii.2235]

@Ankit Banerjee we don't have it in Indonesia.

[@ayanamirei6017]

@Proud Bangladeshi গর্বিত বাংলাদেশী I heard there's also a rice dish in Russia and Central Asia called 'plov'. Coincidence? I think not.

[@anwarhassan2065]

Lol when you said that the kid actually said yummy yummy kebab 😂😂😂

[@fluffball131]

0:39 That kid basically sums up my feelings

[@jayg6tk]

lit

[@humblebee8334]

😂

[@aamateen75]

Z

[@rlali983]

Lol

[@Chutiyapa_Overdose17]

Lmaoo he's cute voice made me choke on air 💀☠️

[@mjolnir1256]

: How much make-up do you want? Nadjma: Yes

[@TheStatisfiedOne]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@KhanBaba-fz4jg]

Hallo ich bin Negin

[@zohal.j5899]

🙄😏😐

[@stayhealthyandfit6520]

How much she wants😜

[@shekib08]

Fuxk The System That unislamic

[@shittymcrvids3119]

Well her accent certainly is German

[@mai0033]

Jaaaaa

[@serhedbakuri4454]

Agreed, her pronunciation sounds like as if some of my grade speaks English (I'm from Düsseldorf btw)

[@commandologic4576]

Duh she speaks the language and if she speaks it more than the other than she will pick up the accent regardless of ethicity.

[@yasin3899]

@@commandologic4576 no, its because most people in Germany learn english in school, so they obviously learn english in german/while speaking german

[@commandologic4576]

@@yasin3899 No it's because in order to pronounce things in german correctly they use a certain accent. So when they try to learn english they still use the same accent, you can make your accent less subtle by trying to learn the correct pronounciation but it will still be there. This is also why germans find it hard to say words like the they would say it more with a z sound, because they don't have many words with the T H sound is not common in the german language. The whole accent thing is the same with all languages.

[@roh3999]

I love you dude for showing people from all over the world specially my country of born Afghanistan 🇦🇫

[@purplechicks7291]

Roh Roh same

[@PranjalRahman]

I used to live in Hamburg when I was studying there. It was my home for three years and I did meet quite a few Afghans there. I even ate at a restaurant called Kabul in downtown Hamburg. I never met this lady but I resonate with her story because I am also a third culture kid just like her. I am a mix of my parent's culture and heritage and the culture of the western country I was raised in. I have a mix of eastern and western values and I think that makes me special. I am very open minded to various lifestyles and cultures. There was a time when I was conflicted but now, I embrace it all. My childhood and my upbringing define me and I would not change it for anything in the world. ☺️

[@MillennialTravelConfessions]

Definitely coming here, the food looks awesome! 😍

[@MillennialTravelConfessions]

@@erikkr.r.m7380 We'll do both just so we can compare 😁

[@shehzadchowdhury8327]

She is german national but not ethnic german her ethnicity is one of Native ethnic groups from Afghanistan.

[@Tom-tx7vs]

Shehzad Chowdhury respect for saying the truth I’m sick these morons claiming people of Muslim descent are just as European as us natives

[@spiceguy2408]

@@Tom-tx7vs Well you do have some Europeans that are of Muslim background like Bosnians and Albanians. But yeah I see what you are saying that the rest do not

[@OlliFritz]

@Hedz Almador No, native Germans are Christian

[@thirumalr333]

Noo, Native Germans are humans

[@OlliFritz]

@@thirumalr333 thanks for acknowledging us as humans On a serious note, most Germans descend from traditional Christian families, but the faith has been lost over time, so most people are agnostic, atheist or just believers that practice casually

[@gguksbananamilk871]

I'm half afghan and half peruvian but i live in the UK!!🇬🇧🇦🇫🇵🇪

[@saifullahalafghani2472]

That’s a rare mix

[@gguksbananamilk871]

@@saifullahalafghani2472 yup indeed

[@ekramaqtash2289]

You must look very Hispanic

[@gguksbananamilk871]

@@ekramaqtash2289 hm if you say so, i get mistaken for chinese,arab and south eastern asian :)

[@martian9999]

thank you for your kind words about Germany, Drew.

[@raho500]

Germany stinks. Don't you dare to visit it.

[@martian9999]

@@raho500 you sound like an incel.

[@raho500]

@@martian9999 lol. I live in the city of Hamburg myselfe dude. SJW with no life experience.

[@amiller8023]

another engaging and perceptive look at other cultures and people

[@jbmi5]

Your background will never change but your mind will be always shaped based on your surroundings. For some in a good way, for unfortunate people in a bad way! Growing up in Germany thought me a lot about humanity and kindness and more importantly to have a moral based on being a human rather following a religion etc

[@martian9999]

right on, Samir!

[@AfricanWolfKing]

You always inspire me Drew. Show love from (Tanzanian youtuber)

[@erwinrommel6561]

What's your name lol

[@JVerde853]

I like the shirt in your picture.

[@AfricanWolfKing]

@@erwinrommel6561 Shaban is my name but I use African Wolf King as my channel name. Please make sure you subscribe

[@AfricanWolfKing]

@@JVerde853 thank you so much, I used African fabric to design my T-shirt, please go and subscribe to my channel, AFRICANWOLFKING

[@hublihaida6557]

Jambo! U from dar?

[@robyn-leeswan6457]

I'm an Afghan-Australian, born within an Afghan family, raised in Australia with modern day values.

[@blahblahblahb3209]

MoDeRn dAy VaLueS as if all the people back in Afghanistan are stuck in 14th century

[@robyn-leeswan6457]

@@blahblahblahb3209 yep we can totally see Afghanistan being in the 21st century lol try walking with shorts and singlets in the streets of Kabul then comment about modern day values kid

[@blahblahblahb3209]

Those aren't modern day values those are western values lmao ur mixing thangs

[@robyn-leeswan6457]

@@blahblahblahb3209 why are u so butthurt by my comment lol

[@parth39269]

She defines 100 layers of make up

[@iloveuislam1]

Haha lol

[@mai0033]

She's beautiful but it's too much makeup 😖

[@BilalKhan-wj3fo]

She is already make up artist what's your problem with her

[@dominicwill7543]

Its like this in Germany haha

[@parth39269]

@@BilalKhan-wj3fo problem is you so pls f off

[@AlHafizYT]

Nice man.... Caryy on.... U r wonderful vloger...

[@yournameyourname6626]

@Drew Binsky You show cultures from over the world we you deserve all your subscribers and more there should be more people like you trying to connect the world together by cultures.

[@warisshojaee6774]

Its nice seeing my culture portrayed so purely! Thanks Drew🤗🤗

[@braveninja111]

Waris Shojaee germany or Afghanistan?

[@warisshojaee6774]

@@braveninja111 Afghanistan

[@PanjshirAfg]

Great video thanks for visiting Afghanistan. u have got my respect

[@master-kiiiv658]

Keep making us happy

[@oliviergsq]

The positivism and the open-mindedness of this channel is incredible. Thank you for all your work Drew ❤

[@TheBackpackingFamily]

Totally agree. So rare to find so much positivity and genuine open mindedness. We're backpacking with our baby boy and this is one of our goals for him

[@codboss7092]

not so much for the comment section :/

[@Hibasi]

I've waited so long for you to come and make a video about Vienna

[@qu666a1]

Love the vids man i support your cause

[@barakobamadubai]

Keep going brother drew

[@IABITVpresents]

"Yummy yummy kebab" 😂😭

[@rymahassanihsn7116]

😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@marcello7781]

Wow she's very pretty! As a half Italian half Peruvian I understand how complicate it can be sometimes to identify yourself with only one culture or country.

[@PodcastCentral333]

@@TheStatisfiedOne shes a whole lot more german than you, asswipe

[@dha1107]

keep up the good work 👏

[@uranuuss]

The quality videos we see everyday are awesome you are awesome!

[@ahhitskatie9094]

My best friend in Germany’s dad is from Iran! Always fascinated by these cultures!

[@Quotesoflife.568]

that was absolutly not important to say

[@farrukhsaif108]

@@Quotesoflife.568 why

[@maziarmasoumi1863]

i am also from iran but i have roots from turkmenistan but i was raised in canada

[@mybld8969]

GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS ARE WHAT MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND

[@yj9032]

Amen brother

[@timokohler6631]

I was searching for this answer, how the fuck is diversity supposed to acomplish this :D

[@hasiifaahlam6053]

Nadjmaaaaa omgggg ily I watch ur vids Subscriber from 🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@ahsanchauhan2297]

Both of my favourite cultures , love them ..

[@sebwu9829]

Woah I'm always early.. Have a great day guys 😁😁

[@srinivaspathipaka5246]

Drew please visit aurora borealis or northern lights. It's so amazing to see.

[@rizwanhaider3688]

Very good video amazing work

[@dawod2020]

Tanx for the video

[@indianafghanreaction6915]

Wow.. nice! I’m born in Afghanistan and raised in USA. Proud to be both 🇺🇸🇦🇫

[@docholliday4546]

you cant be, your one or the other but not both..

[@bobgustavsonn4306]

@@shamilaarif8136 I am also a British Pakistani who loves Pakistan. I am also from Gujrat but I wasnt born here.

[@shamilaarif8136]

@@bobgustavsonn4306 I'm from Gujarat to but I was born in England

[@bobgustavsonn4306]

@@shamilaarif8136 I know I checked your channel

[@shamilaarif8136]

@@bobgustavsonn4306 OK

[@boromircutezatoru2835]

I'm part Albanian/Italian/Turkish/Iranian descending from ottoman slaves and my family has been living in Romania for like 150 years

[@spiceguy2408]

That's the most diverse mix I've ever heard lmao. Just curious but what religion are you and do you consider yourself Romanian proper

[@freshxan]

Cool ❤️

[@adilhamayun3352]

Good job your big fan🤗✌😊

[@anthonytapia4095]

I know how it feels like I was born and raised in Colombia, and then I moved to Canada ( Quebec). And my father is part arab so I also have arab heritage. Latino, arab and canadian😜😅

[@abdulghafarsahebzadeh7437]

parent: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO EAT Kid: yummy yummy kebab

[@btdbattleswizardgamer6639]

Amazing

[@albertchristian3563]

Beautiful brother 😍❤

[@persianprince1979]

Afghan people and Iranian people have alot in common in culture. You can be both German and Afghan. This what makes the world we live in so beautiful.

[@TsukiCondor]

In fact Dari is very identical to Persian (Farsi) and Tajik

[@mitsengupta8945]

They are both Iranic.

[@persianprince1979]

@@mitsengupta8945 they sure are and we are Aryan

[@mitsengupta8945]

pooya hemmati yes. Are you Pashtuns or Persians ? I am indo-aryan

[@mitsengupta8945]

minorka2 no. True aryans were the Indo-Iranians. Ancient name of India was Aryavarta which meant land of Aryans. Iran also means land of Aryans.

[@ransofaraway]

R. I. P EUROPE

[@vladdracula9903]

😔 that is what u believe

[@stegura83]

"Western" Europe

[@shakilabashardost1702]

Fuck off your caountry is one of shit country in world the

[@WorldOfCha0s]

Heey there @Drew Binsky! I am following your Channel since some weeks now, you make a lot of funny and different stuff concerning your travels through the whole world! I'm a german from Kiel, the Capital of the northern department of Germany. If you are staying in Germany the next weeks, i would advice you to come here to Kiel, on the 21th of june the worls biggest sailor (and party) event Kieler Woche takes place here, where over 3 million tourists will visit our city!

[@ramziamm]

So good to see this video I lived in Frankfurt and didn’t see any Afghan restaurant good to know hamburg has a lot .....

[@AppleGoodman]

damn these comments are so judgmental😬

[@budgetlifter]

They are also overrepresented in crime statistics tho....

[@monolithworldline]

@@xkyuubix If he's mad, he'd be rightfully so. Nobody likes uncultured foreigners ruining the hard-earned peace. Look at Sweden. Germany is almost that.

[@xkyuubix]

Monolith So ur telling me, that germany just should be inhabited by Germans? So that means no food from diffrent culturs,cars,workers etc.

[@monolithworldline]

@@xkyuubix Yes. Citizenship should be extremely hard to obtain if not impossible.

[@budgetlifter]

@@xkyuubix yes....btw germany is the 4th biggest ecenomy...so we are the ones in charge

[@xkyuubix]

Monolith Germany aint shit without europe.

[@sahelm.7252]

I Love her😍😍

[@parwizsafi111]

I come from Afghanistan Thank you so much this video very very nice

[@Miquelalalaa]

Two videos in Germany so far and we still haven’t seen any actual German culture 🙄

[@seangilhooley5385]

Astoria 🙌🏼

[@gamermapper]

It's not like everyone always knows German culture anyway

[@abdullahhamid5424]

She is so cute mashallah long life afghanistan

[@NomanIbrahim]

Bro you'r love

[@dbendersoen]

That is so cool.

[@tmkidstvshow7310]

My cousin is also Afghan German .but she is my uncle’s daughter so she lives in Pakistan with us. but her nationality is German .and I’m also pak afghani 🇦🇫🇵🇰🇩🇪

[@minecraftstevethecommentco8799]

I’m Pakistani but My grandfather comes from India becauseof the partition so Im kinda Indian. I like afganistan.

[@ashna1079]

How much Euros 💶 and time does Nadjma when she wakes up everyday to get ready to go to work/ out? Very nice 👍 thank you.

[@friddevonfrankenstein]

I saw the first frame of the video and instantly knew where you are. I live right around the corner :D

[@afghanistanpakhtonptmnews9768]

Thanks U Watching My Country Afghanistan

[@georgeorwell6909]

She's Afghan, not German

[@diegomoreno6274]

What about both?

[@georgeorwell6909]

@@diegomoreno6274 that's a no from me

[@diegomoreno6274]

@@georgeorwell6909 the true George Orwell wouldn't think that 😑

[@georgeorwell6909]

@@diegomoreno6274 pretty sure he would my dearest

[@diegomoreno6274]

@@georgeorwell6909 spoiler : no

[@marsfeeeld4023]

She has a german accent💪🏻😂

[@Mr.ItsGamingTime]

I know her ... she say because she Learned it in school ... im aswell german afghan but im 90% Afghan i know she aswell

[@gholamsakhiarab4799]

Nice bro

[@alirezarezai4441]

We love you from Afghanistan my bro 🤗👍

[@t.a.k5244]

Omg i cant belive she look totaly diferent here in insgram she look pretty. 😱😱😱😱😱😱.

[@StrongKickMan]

Praise the Foto filters

[@betiedu]

There are sooo many people like that in Eastern Europe, but honestly if she was more of a patriotic person she should say Im Afghani

[@ghafarsalehi7591]

Sehr schön

[@boosterredbul2872]

Nice bro ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@znawcamuzy9976]

Every culture has something great, so you can take some best things from all cultures and live happy. The problem started when you also use in your daily life some bad things from other cultures like islam from Afghanistan.

[@AlexWong]

Drew, thank you for inspiring small youtubers like me brother! I am almost at 1K subscribers. I wish you the best brother. THANK YOU.

[@RayhanFUT]

just subbed to u bro

[@AlexWong]

rchiillz fn thank you brother!

[@shafiahadi1940]

Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis in plants generally involves the green pigment chlorophyll and generates oxygen as a byproduct.

[@windows95_de]

Hamburg has many iranians and afghans. There is a big bbq in the big city-park where they celebrate the iranian summerfest.

[@twentycharacters7704]

So what? my friend is Afghan Australian there are lots of Afghans in South and West Sydney

[@Bazinga3972]

You are constantly referring to the language of Afghanistan as Dari, which is not incorrect but you have to understand that Dari is just a political term used to split the Farsi-speaking Afghans from other Persian-Speakers of the world. Everyone in Afghanistan calls the language Farsi, except for politicians and people on national TV.

[@Bazinga3972]

Joe’s Dad I think you’ve never been to Afghanistan. Afghanistan has 2 official languages. Pashto and Farsi, but only Pashtuns speak Pashto, while everyone in Afghanistan is able to speak Farsi, the lingua Franca is Farsi. So you tell me now what is the official language of a country, a language that only around 50% of the population is able to speak or a language that 90-100% of the population is able to speak ?

[@maal8]

No the language of Afghanistan is pashto and DARI not farsi. Its not political thing bro its a fact. And the most people are talking pashto cause the most of the Population are pashtoon. But of course u hear more dari speaking people on the streets in Kabul mazar and herat cause not all pahtoons are living in the cities and cause dari is more easy. And PLZ dont Mix dari and farsi ok. Farsi is iranian language PLZ read more about it

[@masyaf897]

@@maal8 Farsi, Dari, Tajiki it is all from the same Persian language. The British and soviets divided them.

[@helmandblue8720]

@@Bazinga3972 Afghanistan has only one official language. Pukhtu/Pashto. The false narrative of Dari being an official language is something they have pushed for since the Russian-Afghan war. The current "government" that no one elected and which is in fact the same Northern Alliance warlords that were portrayed as villains in the Russian Afghan war are being backed up by America and it's allies now to keep the area in chaos. More than 80% of the population are ethnic Pashtuns. They all speak Pukhtu/Pashtu. Only a small percentage of them speak Dari to be able to communicate with the Dari speakers. The majority of refugees that came from Afghanistan are Dari speakers so there are even less Dari speakers in Afghanistan than in the refugee diaspora from Afghanistan. There are also some Tajik groups claiming to be Pukthun/Pashtun, because they tried to change their ethnicity to be able to get into the Loya Jirga/parliament (at least the father has to be Pukhtun/Pashtun for someone to get a say in the Loya Jirga) of Afghanistan pre Russian-Afghan war, it didn't work. They are still falsely claiming this... Karzai is one of those and so is Ghani.

[@tabsg4134]

Suzuya Juuzou no it has wayyyy more official languages such as Pashto, pashahi, darhi and more

[@ismaelvazquez9175]

Here before the mill subs 👍

[@dioseplazarito2218]

Please Drew Binsky Do something about Hong Kong!! They're protesting too much until now

[@samirSamir-pm1fw]

What so you mean?

[@wandafisch4411]

But she has a perfect german accent in english 😂

[@Ucmilyaryediyuzellimilyon]

That is like me, but Dutch-Turkish

[@n0vafoccus]

Lots of Turkish Germans here aswell

[@bobgustavsonn4306]

Countries like America celebrate diversity but I have heard that Dutch people treat children of immigrants as outsiders. Is this true?

[@n0vafoccus]

@@aljox5566 lol wtf are you talking. I'm not Turkish. Born and raised by German parents you racist fuxk.

[@n0vafoccus]

@@bobgustavsonn4306 some do. Some dont. As you can see in the comments here there are some racists. To be fair: there are Migrants who disrespect law and culture etc. But that does not justify to generalise Migrants or Muslims. I welcome what the vast MAJORITY of migrants.

[@Ucmilyaryediyuzellimilyon]

@@aljox5566 racist

[@zameerpactyan]

Hey Drew Nice to see your videos you are doing such an amazing job

[@barakobamadubai]

Keep going brither drew

[@dilaraak4524]

I love Nadjma! Such a great represantion of second-culture europeans ❤️😍

[@subhanvlogs7841]

اللَّهُـمّ صَــــــلٌ علَےَ مُحمَّــــــــدْ و علَےَ آل مُحمَّــــــــدْ كما صَــــــلٌيت علَےَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ و علَےَ آل إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّك حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ♥ اللهم بارك علَےَ مُحمَّــــــــدْ و علَےَ آل مُحمَّــــــــدْ كما باركت علَےَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ و علَےَ آل إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّك حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ

[@enjawelhoor7336]

i am afghan and im proud of afghan youtubers keep making me proud 👏👏👏

[@alexanderchagunava1620]

This is very normal here in germany. Im only 17 years old and have lived in 4 countries. I mean it's tough for me identifying where I come from or when people tell me where do u come from.

[@humantheweekendguy1899]

I’m a canadian born Mexican South African and I identify exactly as that 🇲🇽🇿🇦🇨🇦

[@tahamohammad1741]

What a beautiful name it means star in Arabic

[@tosicbanditmain4476]

If you are in Hamburg rn then you should go to Schleswig (i live there😏) It is located in the northern part of the state Schleswig-Holstein and there is much danish influence. I mean go visit if you want to😂

[@cookingwithsokheykimheng]

Love you 😘 from Cambodian 🇰🇭😍

[@caprisuncatcaller6994]

man he keeps changing his title

[@howdareyouhowdareyou7970]

A product of mercel

[@sekadance]

She is so beautiful!!!

[@truthpedia7664]

No she is not

[@minecraftstevethecommentco8799]

SIMP ALERT. Also she looks like a barbie doll.

[@seiahaokip767]

Mashi Saghani an Afghan German played for Aizawl FC in Indian league. This video reminded me of him

[@radukarma6036]

And her parents are lucky with her cus they got German Nationality a house and a car.

[@MN-fg5kx]

I'm Afghan but grew up in Germany. I respect the people, the rules and laws of Germany, but I would never say that I'm German. I'm still afghan and I will be an afghan.

[@gamermapper]

I'm Belarusian but grew up in France. I like being an Eastern Slav (Basically Russian) but I still like being French more

[@sleepyjoescumbag1663]

Yeah because you would look nothing german. For obvious reasons country of birth is very different than genetically having those characteristics. For instance if both parents are afghan that makes you a afghan not German, as you would lack any Germanic characteristics. However, if you parent of each nationality that's when you can identify as a German .

[@vietNguyen.]

Great People

[@mustafa2309]

I proud that i have such as Afghan compatriod

[@bahar66]

Ich liebe dich najma😘😘❤

[@neelabbayani2624]

My Ante komme from Afghanistan and Germany too 💖😘👍

[@TheTNTBox]

Du sprecht Deunglish??

[@evamccarthy5150]

great video, very interesting place! 1000th comment lol

[@lancevanceGTA]

Lmao I'm also living in Hamburg and Afghan. Never knew you would make a video about that