When I was 18, I decided that I didn’t want to be a Muslim anymore. From that point, I knew that my life was in danger, because apostasy is a crime punishable by death in Saudi Arabia. As a result, I always felt afraid. Then, when I was 22, I got kicked out of uni because my grades were terrible. I was actually suffering from mental illness at that time. Although I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression, I wasn’t diagnosed with bipolar disorder, or with obsessive compulsive disorder, or with chronic insomnia, all of which I suffer . . .
When I was 18, I decided that I didn’t want to be a Muslim anymore. From that po…
