Fleeing Lebanon
Mia Khalifa, also known as Mia Callista, was born and raised in Lebanon until the age of 10. Her family was devoutly Catholic and Khalifa described her home as "very conservative." She learned to speak English at a French private school in Beirut before moving to the United States with her family in the wake of the South Lebanon conflict. Khalifa's American high school experience was far from ideal...