Lots of interests. None of them very interesting. So...I have the usual. I like to read, I like to write. I like to watch tv and I LOVE MOVIES. In fact, I'm a movie whore. I like photography and film-making though I haven't done either in a while. I have a strange obsession with Ireland that I still can't explain to myself, and having studied and lived in it for many years now, I think I also have an obsession with the Middle East. I love people, and I love thinking about people, and I love connecting people. I am not, however, very sociable. I also like pop and teen stars.
Genres first - Rock, folk, rap, hip hop, some jazz, but moreso blues, country (yes, country), some hard rock/heavy metal. Basically, I like everything but muzak, and I honestly haven't listened to much classical or opera though I like them.Bands/Musicians - Counting Crows, U2, Flogging Molly, The Pogues, The Cranberries, Nirvana, No Doubt, Randy Travis, Mohammed Mounir, Missy Eliot, Billy Holiday, Ludacris, Snoop, Outlandish, Cheb Khalid, Cheb Mami
Too too many - Trainspotting, Elizabeth, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Ocean's 11, The Usual Suspects, Strictly Ballroom, Dead Poet's Society, Monsoon Wedding, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, (and all those great 80's movies), Any teen movies, so many.....
I love tv and I'm no longer ashamed to admit it. Favorite shows - The Wonder Years, The Cosby Show, That 70s Show, The Lizzie McGuire Show, Six Feet Under, Sex and the City, Eastenders, DYI shows.
East of Eden, The Story of Zahra, 100 Years of Solitude, No Hindrance, The Ship, Seasons of Migration to the North, Opening the Gates : 100 Years of Arabic Feminist Writing, The Modern Poets, The Lover, The Fountainhead, the Hans Wehr dictionary of Modern Written Arabic
Edward and Hanan. My friends.