Autobiography - I was born in St. Mary's hospital and since then have lived in London all my life.

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I was born in St. Mary’s hospital and since then have lived in London all my life.

My family name is, Elobied and my first name is Mohammed, the name Mohammed has a self-explanatory meaning, it simply means son of the prophet Mohammed who is very in important in our religion, Islam.

My father was born in Sudan (Bara) and lived there for a while, then Immigrated to London when he was 23 to 24 years of age; he later returned to Sudan and married my mother. My mother is Sudanese and was brought up in Sudan. My Mother used to spend her holidays in Saudi Arabia where she visited my Uncle and cousins. My Mother was brought up with a thick Sudanese accent that I was raised up with, to the English this accent was strange and hard to understand, sometimes I was even laughed at because I caught on the Sudanese accent from my mother.

When my brother and I were little, my mother and farther would take us to Sudan in the summer holidays to visit my relatives specifically my grandmother and grandfather. My grandmother was a typical Sudanese woman who stayed at home all day talking to friends and doing housework. My brother and I had trouble understanding my Grandmother because she had a very thick Sudanese accent that we were acquainted with, but when noticing this by the vacant expressions on our faces my farther would tell us what she had said.

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My mother had said that I was an early talker my first words were “Mummy” followed straight after by “food” I didn’t quite understand why my second word was food, nor did my mother judging by the expression on her face when I had asked her. I was encouraged to talk at an early age by my family they would also read me stories and in the process try and make me read a word or two which I tried but it didn’t quite come out the way I had expected. I would try my best to take in ...

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