Who is sali?

Maybe I should introduce myself? I'm a 30-year-old girl who was born and raised in Belgium. Both my parents come from Spanish Morocco.
My mum almost died at birth because my grandma was too scared of going to the Spanish hospital to have herself checked by the "invader" she said. My mum's mother gave birth to 16 children in total, 8 of whom died at birth. And that's without counting the other 40 she helped bringing on earth, as she was a local midwife.
My dad on the other hand was one the youngest boy of my grandpa's fourth wife. There's rumours that my grandpa was married to 8 women in total, but always 4 at a time. Nobody really confirms this. He had a total of 25 children nevertheless. Half of them I've never known though.

I am the eldest in a family of 6 children. Two girls, four boys. I've always been a very, or should I say abnormally shy girl, until maybe 4 or 5 years ago. Something must have shifted in my brain. I'm sure I'll get back to that.
I was raised in a muslim house. By muslim I mean: religious. Five prayers a day, fasting during the right month, no music, no swearing, no skimpy outfits, no pork, no alcohol, no kissing scenes in movies or tv, no other scenes involving physical contact in movies or tv (in front of parents of course), no camping with friends when I was younger, not allowed to go skiing at 12 because there were boys at school, no festivals, no gigs.
Instead, I spent my youth at school, my house, some friend's house, and the car driven by my mother in between all those.
I can't say I was very happy about this. But my shyness made it impossible for me to even think about doing something against it. I preferred to look at everyone else having a life... and thinking that somewhere over the rainbow...