Al Jazeera asks writers to reflect on the environment they grew up in and how it has shaped their lives.

In  "The land we came from" series, Terese Marie Mailhot writes about how she hates '"to think the place I played in as a child might someday become unrecognisable, but I still give thanks."

Read by Sheila Sharma.

Al Jazeera asks writers to reflect on the environment they grew up in and how it has shaped their lives.
In&nbsp; "The land we came from" series, Terese Marie Mailhot writes about how she hates '"to think the place I played in as a child might someday become unrecognisable, but I still give thanks."
Read by Sheila Sharma.

AJ Longreads brings you the best of Al Jazeera's long-form journalism to listen to in your own time.

AJ Longreads brings you the best of Al Jazeera's long-form journalism to listen to in your own time.

AJ Longreads

The best of Al Jazeera's long-form journalism to listen to in your own time.

The best of Al Jazeera's long-form journalism to listen to in your own time.

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