duelcitizen
My blogs
Blogs I follow
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Student |
| Occupation | fox on the run |
| Location | DC to Dubai via London and back |
| Introduction | "I have to re-create the universe every morning when I wake up and kill it in the evening." Bjork |
| Interests | Global nomad, The Middle East, tea, BBC, black eyeliner, comics, culture clash, tattoos, the Hijaz, Arab conquests, post-colonialism, alleyways and rooftops, the ancient world, treetops and peat bogs, 9:30 club, navigating the East-West divide, life in the Smoke, London, vegetarian London, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Arab-Americans, dual citizens, Washington DC, the fossil records, pathology, tribes and travels, folklore, fairy tales, jinn, mythology, subcultures, politics, vegetarian cooking, flower essences, the written word, poetry, expats, Arabic food, culture, smashing orientalism, the West Country, Celtic nations, Mystery!, Link TV, NPR, BBC America, |
| Favorite movies | Battle of Algiers, Caramel, Control Room, West Beirut, American East, Satin Rouge, Whatever Lola Wants, Monsoon Wedding, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Bottle Rocket, Intermission, Lawrence of Arabia, Blade Runner, Donnie Darko, Head On, Crossing the Bridge, In the Name of the Father, The Breakfast Club, Lola and Billy the Kid, A Room With a View, Caravans, Lawrence of Arabia, |
| Favorite music | '77 punk and '82 harDCore, post-punk, new wave, Arab pop, Rachid Taha, Natacha Atlas, Trailer Bride, Joy Division, X, The Clash, The Pogues, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Birthday Party, Gary Numan, Massive Attack, Pop Will Eat Itself, Kraftwerk, Siouxsie and the Bnashees, The Jam, Minor Threat, Bad Brains, Crime, The Cramps, The Stooges, Donovan, PJ Harvey, Dead can Dance, Generation X, 70s am dial rock I listened to as a kid |
| Favorite books | How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America, The Taqwacores, Cradle of Islam: The Hijaz and the Quest for an Arabian Identity, One Thousand Roads to Mecca, Remembering Childhood in the Middle East, The Portable Poet, Crystal Singer, Dune, The Gate to Woman's Country, A Clockwork Orange, Vegetarian Britain, Classic Vegetarian Cooking From the Middle East and North Africa, |