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About Me

"There's too much caffeine in my bloodstream, and a lack of real spice in my life."

I am a tempest in a teacup, not self-made but self-undone, a walking contradiction, a street walking cheetah...ha! I've walked a fine line my entire adult life. I am Hijazi, and from two countries/cultures that are polar opposites of each other, yet they produce the world's worst fundamentalists. I alternate between wanting to become a Buddhist nun or wanting to roll around in broken glass, we shall see which side wins out.

I was born in Beirut in 1972, I have not been back. This summer I lost a family member in the bombing of Sidon, a cousin was smuggled out of Lebanon. I am heartsick over the state of affairs in The Middle East, it pretty much consumes me. Well, that and poetry which I eat, sleep, dream, and breathe. I spent both Gulf Wars in The Middle East, lived as a civilian in Jiddah where we taped our windows and stockpiled water. We had only one gas mask in a family of five. The second Gulf War I lived in Dubai, if you want to understand that experience please watch the excellent documentary Control Room.

Here's how I live; how I've lived: I've been called Punk, I've been called Deathrock a la UK '84, I'm in love with a '77 world! I spent my twenties involved in an East Coast scene going to shows, shows, shows! I also DJ'd all over DC and a night in Baltimore from 97-2001.I DJ at ASYLUM in Adams Morgan Washington DC every Saturday night in the dungeon www.asylumdc.com- I NOW BOOK BANDS! EMAIL [email protected] or [email protected]

I'm a makeup junkie, dayglo-red hair dyer and a tattoo collector. I'm an A student pursuing a degree, a tea drinker especially Yorkshire Gold and Tippy Assam. I write, I write, I write.

I'm a proud Arab and politically Pro-Palestinian, I'm highly politicized; I'll give you a piece of my mind. I don't accept stupidity, I'll tell you you are and stare you down. I'll stare down most anyone even if it means a blow to the head while handcuffed. The most important lesson learned in my life so far: if you haven't lived even partially like the movie Sid and Nancy then you have missed out. ..width="425" height="350" ..

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My Interests

London: Edgeware Rd. for glimpses of my homeland, Embankment, foxes by the Thames, deserted City, Food For Thoughts crumbles, Museum of London's Victorian Walk, Victorian London, Ripper sites, White City, British Museum's Sekhmet statues, Tottenham Court Road tube stop, catching sight of Hersham Boys in Soho circa '99, Leicester Square in the Eighties, Hyde Park, Kensington Market (rip)

Heresy,Tea, Hair Dye and Rock and Roll, New Wave, Being a vegetarian (12 yrs) that skews vegan, Bowling, my Gretsch, Coffee, English cream teas, Ireland, The Celts will rise again!

DJing at Asylum, Hookahs, anywhere with Jill, raising hell and unleashing chaos with my hetero mistress in crime Corrine. Alleyways and Rooftops, Worshipping trees, Wildlife rescue, Organic cooking, CSA's, Radical politics. Smashing Orientalism, dispelling Arab female stereotypes, the growing movement of Arab/Muslim punks and skins Bitch Goddesses, The Ancient World, Neolithic Culture, Burial mounds, I like to walk in ancient places, I'm an armchair anthropologist and folklore fancier, Mythology believer, I write poetry that doesn't suck, I was raised traveling and I've walked on 5 of our 7 continents, Antarctica and South America are the two that are left.

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Music:

I just really like Rock'n'Roll, in fact I love it so put another dime in the jukebox baby
Currently: X-The Animals-45 Grave-The Fleshtones-Trailer Bride-The Kinks-The Clash-The Small Faces-Wire-The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black-Bad Brains-Government Issue-The Stooges-Warsaw-Crime-The Controllers/Kaos-The Weirdos-The Saints-The Cramps-The Birthday Party/Nick Cave-Dead Boys/Lords of The New Church-The Adverts-Gun Club-Singapore Sling.

Movies:

Paradise Now-you must see this movie it will change your life. Head On-Three Kings-El Mariachi-Spaghetti Westerns-Death in Gaza-Jenin Jenin-Satin Rouge-Lola and Billy The Kid-Control Room-The Battle of Algiers-West Beirut-Lawrence of Arabia-A Band Apart-Spirited Away-A Clockwork Orange-The Ice Storm-Women on The Verge of A Nervous Breakdown-Hedwig and The Angry Inch-The Dreamers-Star Wars-Mystery Train-Straight To Hell-Decline of Western Civilisation pts.1 and 2-Another State of Mind-Grease-Chunking Express-Crash-A Room With a View-It Happened One Night-The Philadelphia Story-My Man Godfrey-The Thin Man-The Manchurian Candidate(original of course)-Classic Egyptian Film-Rocky Horror Picture Show-Nosferatu-Downfall-Chronos-Erik the Viking-Crybaby-Strictly Ballroom-Dune and everything David Lynch-Monsoon Wedding-Blade Runner the directors cut-Reservoir Dogs-Hysterical Blindness-Until the End of The World.

Television:

There's nothing to watch but futbol. La Liga's the best in the world, but damn I can't stop watching Premeirship fixtures. I love Man United, it's true. BIG LOVE. I like to catch Father Ted and Black Books reruns on BBC America, the show My Family is drawing me in. The Young Ones still make me laugh after 20 years.

Books:

The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf. Anything involving The Victorian Era, the ancient world and/or forensics and serial killers. Neil Gaiman (esp. Stardust) and Sandman. Vertigo comics. The Gate To Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. Northern Lights by Phillip Pullman. Kathleen Raine. Sufi Poetry. D.H. Lawrence. Louise Gluck. Mirabai. The Hadith of The Prophet Muhammed (s) The Stress Of Her Regard by Tim Powers. Ladies of The Lake by Caitlin Mathews. Mabon and The Mysteries of Britain. The Tain. The Story of The Eye. King Ink by Nick Cave. Diana Wynne Jones. Some Terry Pratchett, just the books about the Witches of Lancre.The Queen Of The Damned by Anne Rice-her only good Vampire book, as the Twins are amazing.

Heroes:

You're "Mutiny In Heaven," and oh boy are
you messed up. You feel betrayed by religion
and pretty much everything else, so you've
probably turned to drugs. "If this is
heaven, I'ma bailin' out..."

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My Blog

Virginia you're a lady

Well, aside from legislating hate with the approval of a state Constitutional ammendment to ban gay marriage, when It's already illegal. The only consolation is how close that was 57-43 percent. ...
Posted by Majda on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 12:46:00 PST

Lunar and Solar

Two nights ago I sat in an Afghani restaurant named after the region that contained the ancient Buddhas destroyed by the Taliban; it was Eid. I sat with a family that is as close as my own, with my Go...
Posted by Majda on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:39:00 PST

eyelash

Jill first brought up the imagery of an eyelash, way back in the spring, and I couldn't help but riff on the beautiful detail. I think it's short but sweet, and indicative of a state of mind I was in ...
Posted by Majda on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 12:37:00 PST

Her Kind

I am working on my own poetry, but right now I feel closer to Anne Sexton than I ever have before in my longish life. Her Kind I have gone out, a possessed witch &nb...
Posted by Majda on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:54:00 PST

Sometimes I feel..

bitter with no cigarette to suck my sorrows upon no drink with which to lick the rim of a glass the salts in my eyes and a shots been done to hell and back. I'...
Posted by Majda on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:15:00 PST

Tors, Eyes, and Travels

I've been back just over a week now, I returned late on the 9th of August. One of the last flights out of London before all hell broke loose. My family returned safely a day before me, and I had one l...
Posted by Majda on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 01:36:00 PST

London Diary pt. 1

I left Washington the morning of the 13th to the news of the Israeli airstrike against Beirut airport. I found out from eavesdropping on 2 Arab students queued behind me as we boarded the plane. I'm s...
Posted by Majda on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 12:17:00 PST

Crossroads, Constantinople and Futures

I like places that act like crossroads. Places that draw in those on varying paths and provide us with respite and good cheer. I recently spent a heat lightning suffused night at a coffee house that a...
Posted by Majda on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 05:51:00 PST

Asylum set 7/1

First of all I made out like a bandit, I was given 2 mix cds. One by an admirer, and one by a guy with incredible taste in music who keeps me entertained in the wee hours of the booth. Yay! Second of ...
Posted by Majda on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 12:29:00 PST

Storming Carolina

Saturday the 24th saw me skirting Richmond in violent rainshowers, via the Korean War Veterans memorial highway, on my way to Chapel Hill NC. It was the first day of torrential rains that flooded much...
Posted by Majda on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:03:00 PST