languages, arabic poetry (mahmoud darwish, nizar qabbani), development theory, popsicles, biking, dogs, traveling, gypsies, rome, the middle east, arabic music, animal cops, mexican food, aidan, bad dancing, piercings, tattoos, arab civil rights, black dogs, drifting, arabs, italians, communists, socialism, olive skin, blue moon, vegans, authenticity, palestine, the israeli withdrawl from gaza and the west bank, palestinian sovereignty, justice, the underdog, hisham khalek, popsicles, penguins (butreeq), foreign movies (not for the sake of saying that i watch foreign movies, but just to hear them speak), loving limes for everything they're worth, aidan, double apple shisha, stretched earlobes, becoming a jelly bean, coexistence, raspberries, rain, getting chased by trains, the dirtiest parts of southern italy, le galline, siracusa, ortigia, the jewish ghetto in rome, anything worth knowing, helping the world by getting my hands dirty
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you. especially if you speak italian. or arabic.
and this fine bitch...
dandy warhols, daft punk, architecture in helsinki, amr diab, the decemberists, okkervil river, gnarls barkley, brazilian girls, ethnic music, tribalistas, 99 posse, italian pop, hip hop, anything with a unique beat
the dreamers, the edukators, malena, il postino, hotel rwanda, charlie in the chocolate factory (the old one)
all the shah's men, on entering the sea
yasser arafat, gamal abdel nasser, mohammed mossadegh, hisham khalek, nizar qabbani