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Biography:

E-mail her: Zahra at flixens.com

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Selfishness

Where would you like to live?
On a warm beach

What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Turbulent peace

To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Eating too much chocolate, and shopping!

Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Hamlet

Who are your favorite characters in history?
Malcolm X, Nizar Qabbani (poet)

Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
My mother; Karen Armstrong; and women writers

Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Sheherazade

Your favorite artist?
Michelangelo (I don't want to choose from the many wonderful contemporary artists, it would be too difficult!)

Your favorite musician?
I will say Sergei Rachmaninoff, but I enjoy lots of music!

The quality you most admire in a man?
Kindness

The quality you most admire in a woman?
Kindness, no double standards!

Your favorite virtue?
Sincerity

Your favorite occupation?
Boat captain, or traveling astrologer... maybe a combination of the two: a sea-voyaging astrologer who likes to fish and lives on a warm beach.

Who would you have liked to be?
An illustrative artist (not necessarily a painter)

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