Culture, politics, art and religion of the Middle East specifically Iran, Lebanon, Morocco and Turkey as well as the Arab, Iranian and Armenian diasporas; Sephardim; medieval Spanish literature; contemporary Mexican and Latin American literature; cava, champagne and raki
Shirin Neshat; Jaime Bayly; Rosa Nissan; Almudena Grandes; Dyab Abou Jahjah; Zaha Hadid; Soha Bechara; Lars von Trier; Martin Margiela; Yohji Yamamoto; Ann Demeulemeester; Karl Lagerfeld; Fatih Akin; Rashid Khalidi; Mona Hatoum; Ashraf Barhom; Cameron Batmanghlich
Estopa; Azucar Moreno; Elissa; Los Amigos Invisibles; Khaled; Mano Negra; Manu Chao; Danzig; Ely Guerra; Gökhan Özen; ACDC; Soda Stereo; Fabulosos Cadillacs; DJ Senol; Vicente Fernandez; Tarkan; Emre Aydin; Roubi; Ãstor Piazzolla
Matador; Amantes; Non Ti Muovere; Gegen die Wand; Secretary; Fratricide; 13 Tzameti; Rosario Tijeras; Betty Blue; Blade Runner; 9 1/2 Weeks; La Haine; Irreversible; Breaking the Waves; Late Marriage; The River's End; Turtles Can Fly; Paradise Now; Requiem for a Dream; Baise-Moi; Juana la loca; America so Beautiful; Satin Rouge; The Governess
The Sopranos; Entourage
Los siete infantes de Lara; La Divina Commedia; Midaq Alley; Perfume; Novia que te vea; Gate of the Sun; Strange Times My Dear The PEN Anthology of Contemporary Iranian Literature; Las edades de Lulu; Softcore; Learning English