Travelling, reading books on Middle East, listening to inspiring music, being introduced to new sounds and re-discovering "old" ones. How original.
Those who dare to fail.
Paradise Lost, Marillion, Fish, Queensryche, Skyclad, The Mission, New Model Army, Justin Sullivan, Ulver, Amorphis, Tenhi, The Cult, Fates Warning, Orphaned Land, Therapy?, Dredg, Ajattara, Verenpisara, Primordial, Isis, Arcturus, Mourning Beloveth, Sentenced, The Black League, Hans Zimmer, Shadow Gallery, Accept, Spiritual Beggars, Die Toten Hosen, Moonsorrow, Amon Amarth, Taake, Novembers Doom, Therion, The Gathering, Psychotic Waltz, Conception, Heir Apparent, Mayfair, Tiamat, Cathedral, Pantera, In Flames, Down, Brocas Helm, Gamma Ray, Saviour Machine, Dream Theater, Eloy, Judas Priest, Candlemass, Crimson Glory, Brainstorm, Anathema, Solefald, Bathory, Borknagar, Age of Silence, Rachid Taha, Noir Desir etc.
Dolls, Paradise Now, The Syrian Bride, The Man Without A Past, Mar Adentro, Los Amantes del Circulo Polar, Amores Perros, Kitchen Stories, Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei, Jeux d' Enfants + documentaries
Blackadder, The Office, The League of Gentlemen, House, The Simpsons
Amira Hass "Drinking the Sea at Gaza", Ziauddin Sardar "Journeys of a Sceptical Muslim", Thomas Friedman "From Beirut To Jerusalem", Gary Bunt "Virtually Islamic", Tom Robbins "Skinny Legs and All", Mikhail Bulgakov "The Master and Margarita", Amos Oz "The Same Sea"