About Me
EDUCATION
- University of New Orleans
INTERESTS
- Favorite Books: Arabian Nights, Origin of Man, No More Bad Hair Days, Reflections On A Gift of Watermelon Pickle, Joy Luck Club, Voices From Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, The Essential Rumi, Where The SideWalk Ends, October Country, Illustrated Man, Al-Qu'ran, Bible, Art of War
- Favorite Movies: Swing Kids, Ghandi, V for Vendetta, Annie, Schindler's List, Kama Sutra, Control Room, The Siege, Rosewood
- Favorite Music: Swing, Straight-Ahead Jazz, Klezmer, Arabic, Big Band, Christian Rock, Bhangra, Afro-Cuban Jazz
- Interests: Philosophy, Biology, Comparative Religion, Arabic Literature, Persian Poetry, Learning Languages, Anthropology, Feminism, Body Modification, I love learning languages and studying the cultures of the eastern world, especially its impact on the women in these societies.
- Anything Else: Law and Order, The Simpson, Futurama, The Boondocks, Degrassi, Good Eats, Iron Chef, http://bintalshamsa.blogspot.com, bintalshamsa.blogspot.com, www.blackplanet.com, www.beliefnet.com, www.columbia.edu/~fdc/pace/