"My dad was a diplomat and after living in America, where I was born, he was posted to Cairo.“

-Arabella Weir

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Arabella Weir quote about dad: "My dad was a diplomat and after living in America, where I was born, he was posted to Cairo."

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"I have mostly been terrified of listening to scary stories around a campfire. We camp a lot as a family, and at night my dad would try and tell us scary stories. This made eating s'mores difficult. The story would start with something like... 'and the old man who lived in these woods...' I would then run back into the camper terrified."

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