Aviation, archaeology, animals, travel, poetry, nature, boats, oceans, stargazing, languages, learning new things, comparative literature/politics/religions/cuisine (I like comparing things, okay) sports, chocolate, reading, birdwatching, sci-fi and historical lit, computer games
Any kindred spirits, fellow strangers in a strange land, folks with a good sense of humor and those who like to reflect and ponder.
Afro Pop, Alfa Blondy, Miriam Makeba, Angelique Kidjo, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Rai, Khaled, Cheikha Remitti, Mercan Dede, Raihan, Sami Yusuf, Samira Said, Enya, Sara Maclachlan, Boney M, The Rolling Stones, Vangelis, Fiama Fumanna, Billie Holiday, Nana Mouskouri, Rafi, Abida Parveen, Jagjit Singh, Loreena McKennitt, Sarah Brightman, The Beatles, Tears for Fears, CCR, Katie Melua, Everlast, Cat Stevens, Edith Piaf, Outlandish, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash
LOTR, Star Wars, Braveheart, Last of the Mohicans, Heat, The Sound of Music and other musicals, V for Vendetta, Dr. Strangelove, The Party, Good Will Hunting, Gattaca, Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven, Blade Runner, Crash, Terminator 2, The Wind and The Lion, Flight of the Navigator, To Kill A Mockingbird, American Beauty, Top Gun, Macross Plus, Nausicaa, Amelie, Three Kings, The Matrix, Kill Bill
Battlestar Galactica, The Office, Smallville, The Kumars at No. 42, Whose Line is it Any Way?, Gilmore Girls (that's a guilty pleasure) Firefly, Stargate, Law and Order, CSI, Mythbusters, The Daily Show, Dave Chapelle, DS9, Keith Olbermann
LOTR, Shakespeare, Leo Africanus, I Claudius, Gil Blas, The Quran, Fez: City of Islam, Pale Fire, War and Peace, William Gibson, David Mitchell, Birds without Wings, Camus, Borges, history, politics, religion, biographies, Ray Bradbury, Guns, Germs and Steel, Islam and the Destiny of Man, White Mughals, Finnegan's Wake, Al Ghazali, Gibbon's Decline and Fall, Toynbee
Malcolm X, Rachel Corrie, Edward Said, Fateh Mehmet, Said Nursi, Umar Mukhtar