About me

Gender	Male
Location	London, United Kingdom
Introduction	Hakeem Shaybani (not his real name) was born in 1979. He grew up in London and has also lived in Damascus and Beirut. He is a writer, playwright and actor. His plays have been showcased around London and the south-east. The names of friends, lovers and family members used in this blog have been changed throughout. NB: THIS BLOG IS BEST VIEWED WITH MOZILLA OR OPERA.
Interests	I didn't know what to write so I consulted the Oxford English Dictionary. Here are some of the things it said about me: eccentric, loyal, happy, intelligent, quirky, honest, cynical, [reformed] nerd, shy, flirtatious, sensual, intelligent, bookworm, arty, flaky, vivacious, off-centre, random, perceptive, wise, chilled, joker, serious, zany. What a great book!
Favorite movies	requiem for a dream, city of god, LOTR, the others, bram stoker's dracula, bridges of madison county, pink narcissus, la dolce vita, sweet sixteen, y tu mama tambien, american history x, carry ons, hitchcock classics, godfather, basic instinct, scream trilogy, amores peros, underworld, hamam, fire, the apu trilogy, traffic, life of brian, dead poets society, groundhog day, little shop of horrors, and gay stuff
Favorite music	garage house arabic indian opera Om Kalthoum classical hip hop bashment roots reggae techno R&B old skool 70s/80s dance hall Cesaria Evora
Favorite books	of mice and men, god of small things, love in the time of cholera, samarkand, image and reality of the israel-palestine conflict, pity the nation, how to be good, intimacy, algebra of infinite justice, 100 years of solitude, gardens of light, leo the african, to kill a mockingbird, white teeth, color purple, land without a people, orientalism, david copperfield, letter to christendom, rock of tanios, high fidelity, buddha of suburbia, lady chatterley's lover, on the road, siddhartha, things fall apart

If you were a pirate, how would you avoid laughing when saying "poop deck"?

i wouldnt.