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Gender	Male
Industry	Education
Occupation	Graduate Student, History
Introduction	I am a son of the world - I belong to all, and all cultures are my home. I do not care to forgo all just to choose one...as the ancients said, वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम. I observe international affairs, particularly in the arena of politics, economics, environment, energy, science & technology, defence, and space exploration. Personally, I value political stability and ethics. Vocationally, I am interested in philosophy and the martial arts, leaving ancient literature (though some modern poetry is quite good - Dante, Khayyam, Hafez, Rudaki, Khusrow, Sa'adi, Kabir, Ghalib), languages, and cooking for leisure. I enjoy outdoor activities (mountaineering, kayaking, paintball) and some sports (football, tennis, gymnastics, cricket).
Interests	Astronomy, Chess, Cricket, Egyptology, Fighter planes, Football, History, Iran, Martial Arts, Missile technology, Nuclear technology, Paintball, Philosophy, Physics, Politics, Religion, Sanskrit, Spices, Tanks, Tennis
Favorite movies	12 Angry Men, The Assignment, Band of Brothers, The Battle of Algiers, Casablanca, Cry Freedom, Das Experiment, Gandhi, The Godfather (Part I), Good Bye Lenin, A History of Violence, Casablanca, Eastern Promises, Das Leben der Anderen, Inherit the Wind, La Reine Margot, Raid on Entebbe, The Reader, Sardar, Thank You for Smoking, The Seven Samurai, Dr. Strangelove, Swami, Walk on Water
Favorite music	Carmen Consoli, Pharaoh's Daughter, Ludwig von Beethoven, Leonard Cohen, Tori Amos, Mohsen Namjoo, Belle and Sebastian, Spaccanapoli, Anouskha Shankar, Nancy Ajram, Amr Diab
Favorite books	The Aeneid, The Brothers Karamazov, Cairo Trilogy, Dead Souls, Divān-e Hāfez, The Divine Comedy, The Enchantress of Florence, The Epic of Gilgamesh, Gulistan, Faust (Part II), The Illiad, The Mahabharata, Masnavi e Ma'navi, Midnight's Children, The Moor's Last Sigh, Le Périple de Baldassare, Pirkei Avoth, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Shahnameh