She reads:
* A7adeeth Qodosseya
* Biblical Stories
* Alice in Wonderland
* Sidney Sheldon
* Jostein Gaarder
* Terry Pratchett
* Neil Gaiman
* Wikipedia :D (she used to choose random pages to read when really bored!)
* Anais Nin quotations
* Mahmoud Darwish
* Egypt Today when found with Kareem or Mayo :D
* Mohamed Salmawi articles if she runs into them but not otherwise
She listens to:
* Souad Massi
* Lili Boniche
* Norah Jones
* Nina Simone
* Bon Jovi
* Sting
* Santana
* Coldplay
* Alanis Morissette (depending on mood)
* Marcel Khalifeh - a cultural connection since childhood that goes way back in my roots..
* Notre Dame de Paris, the French Musical
* Mozart
* Enrico Macias
* Oasis, Travis, Queen, Bryan Adams, R.E.M, ....
She doesn't give a decent chance to:
* Naguib Mahfouz
* Pink Floyd (she only likes "Bike" and "It's a Miracle")
* Iron Maiden :D *until she listened to the studio version of Fear of the Dark*
* Political Readings (thought "The World is Flat" was a fantasy novel!)
* The Eagles
On her to-do list: (not in any particular order)
* Attend a concert for Souad Massi, Marcel Khalifeh
* Go to an Agassi match -realistically speaking, this wont happen - he announced 2 days ago that he'll retire after 2006 U.S Open :(
* Attend (isnt there another word?) Notre Dame de Paris musical, performing Garou
* Go to Paris, preferably in winter, George V Hotel, Maxim, Moulin Rouge, Lido, Louvre, Quartier Latin, Quatre-Saison market (soo2 khodar ya3ni :)), cafes de trottoire (spelling?)where street musicians play accordions, so typical but who cares!
* London
* Mecca
* Basata
* Lebanon/Syria
She cannot:
* Carry a smaller bag
* Stick to putting her money in a purse (instead of throwing it anywhere inside the bag)
* Explain why she doesnt take the last piece in a shared platter
* Help the wince when someone uses profane language
* Resist making eye-contact with cats :D
* Resist walking in the rain.. even the Egyptian muddy rain!
* Resist the intoxicating sun-sea combinitation
* Resist her eternal curiousity!
khalass,
N.
5 comments:
That was nice!
I second that :) I know someone she should meet.
long live marcel..some favourites:
"wa ana athkuru rita mithlama yathkur 3osfooron ghadiraah..."
"la taj3aloooni 3ebratan maratayn..."
"law nahdek kan madine bel sham el 3ers, larkab 3al faras we 7'alis mefta7 el 2eds"
"ya naseem al ree7e kooli lel rasha..lama yazedni el werddu el 3atasha..le 7abiben 7obohu fawk el rasha..en yasha2 yamshi 3ala khadi masha"
@ Cliche-
enti leeki f Marcel too? :D
cool awi..
you seem more of an expert than me... i dont know the last 2 songs :D
i like rita, "qahwatto ommi", and one of the most favorites is "montasebo el qamati amshi" (like that part of "wa 3ala katfi na3shi, wa ana amshi wa ana amshi")
his revolutionary music + mahmoud darwish words make an excellent mixture..
Love it. Now I know why the proposal reviewing takes all that time.
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