Being myself: Drinking tea "different sorts" daily -- a glass of red wine or beer occasionally | Spending time in nature | Taking photos | Flying with music - playing cajon, steel drum, keyboard | Collecting books & films | Watching fav films, documentaries, series & pranks | Exploring history, cultures, nature, wildlife & planetary system | Watching sport -- football, rugby & Olympic Games | Ex-footballer - enjoy playing football, hiking, Pilates, chess, backgammon, billiards, darts, shooting, ping-pong & badminton | Watching people crocheting, cooking & dancing -- folk dance: Irish, Scottish, Spanish, Oriental, Iraqi, Indian, Native American, Eastern European & Chinese... | Sketching | Flying with calligraphy | Learning new languages | Travelling freely | Cooking freely | Writing freely -- philosophy of life, life coaching, social history, novel, novella, poem, prose, script, songs | Reading freely | Shopping freely | Working freely -- while listening to music, e.g. chill-out lounge, new classics, blues, film scores, new-age, spiritual, folk... | Walking in the rain without umbrella + listening to music | Helping others | Meditating, formatting my mind, achieving inner peace | Daily shower + MeTime.

My heartbeat -- in love with: Ireland, China, Spain, Mesopotamia, Holy Land, South America, North Africa.

My favourite cities: Yunnan, China | Galway, Ireland | Jerusalem, Holy Land | Baghdad, Iraq | Varna - the queen of the Black Sea, Bulgaria | Atrani, Italy | Lisbon, Portugal | Hammamet, Tunisia | Port Said, Egypt | Chefchaouen, Morocco | Selçuk, Turkey | Miami, USA | Valencia, Spain | Nice, France.

Fav cuisine: Mediterranean, Iraqi, Israeli, Arab & Asian | Dishes: seafood, Iraqi fish "masgouf," Israeli falafel, Palestinian zaatar manakeesh & hummus, Iraqi biryani, Irish stew, Mexican burrito, Iraqi/Lebanese tabbouleh, Chinese fried rice with chicken, Iraqi maqlouba, Lebanese kubba, Jordanian mansaf, Iraqi Kebab, Iraqi Quzi, Iraqi dolma "Middle Eastern stuffed vegetables" | Design/style: VINTAGE, BOHEMIAN, WOOD | Gemstones: onyx, agate "balance & harmony," lapis lazuli "inner strength & youth" | Textiles: corduroy & denim | Materials: chamois & leather | Elements: black silver & water "compound" | Decoration & figurines: maneki-neko, hourglass, antiques, portrait paintings, the Holy Family | Symbols: shamrock, triskelion, harp, phoenix, fish, Irish cross, Irish oak: Crann Bethadh: tree of life | Plants: daisy, bamboo, lavender | Pets: fish, dogs, turtles, birds | Names: Tana, Ada, Mariamne, Daisy, Genevieve, Eve, Eva, Anna-Sophie, Naim, Naima, Maria, Clara, Vianne, Cillian, Hannah, Li | Colours: brown: retro style & modesty. Carmine: classiness & passion. Orange: youth & warmth. Green: rebirth & vitality. Turquoise: life & inner peace | Nos.: 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 520, 2323, 2332 | Days: Thursday-Saturday | Time: night | Seasons: Ramadan, Rosh Hashanah, Christmas, Chinese New Year & fall-winter.

My New Year spirit: New Year's resolutions + inner peace + a glass of red wine or beer + sweets + potato crisps + comedies "e.g. a must-watch Home Alone..."

My motto: again, simply put…
I know who & what I am & I am as I am...
I am that I am & I will be what I will be...
If you "like" me, I like you more...
If you "love" me, I love you more...
If you "dislike" me, I don’t care...
If you "hate" me, go "f*bleeping*k" yourself!!
Period! Punkt!

Fav writers, philosophers, free thinkers: Voltaire, Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, de Beauvoir, Sartre, Elena Ferrante, Tolstoy, Nietzsche, Confucius, Sigmund Freud, Anis Mansour, Elaine Pagels, Ibn Khaldun, Pope Shenouda III -- the 117th Pope of Alexandria, Agatha Christie -- the English writer who fell in love with Baghdad, which was, once upon a time, the bride of the east! | Fav books: Book of Sirach, My Brilliant Friend, Great Expectations, War and Peace, They Came to Baghdad, the Interpretation of Dreams... | Fav politicians: Bachir Gemayel "President of Lebanon 1982: assassinated by terrorists -- Islamists, Palestinians, Syrian, Libyan & Iranian regimes 1982," Faisal II "the last King of Iraq 1953: murdered by traitors -- Iraqi military coup & Egyptian regime 1958," Anwar El-Sadat "President of Egypt 1970: assassinated by terrorists -- Muslim Brotherhood, Palestinians, Syrian, Libyan & Iranian regimes 1981," Donald Trump -- being bad or being good, well, his personal life is not my business. I like his clarity & assertiveness. His apolitical attitude? That's not my business & I'm not perfect, either! Shakespeare said "For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." | Fav investors: Jack Ma Yun, Elon Musk | Fav TV: arte, Comedy Central, CGTN, CCTV, Egyptian, Tunisian | Fav radio: Klassik Radio, Jazz, Egypt | Fav music: jazz, blues, funk, reggae, film scores, remix, new-age, classic & new classics, chill-out lounge, night music, folk music: Celtic, Greek, Turkish, Armenian, Latin, native American, Chinese, Israeli, Arabic | Fav composers: Frédéric Chopin, John Williams, Ennio Morricone, Francis Lai, Omar Khorshid, Baligh Hamdi, Elias Rahbani | Fav musical compositions: Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo, Nocturne by Frédéric Chopin, Schindler´s List by John Williams, Schwanengesang D957 by Franz Schubert, Beloved by Elias Rahbani | Fav opera: Puccini's Tosca | Fav ballet: Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake | Fav music bands: Gipsy Kings, ABBA, Bee Gees, Boney M., My Morning Jacket, Via Dacă "Moldovan band," Altın Gün "Turkish band," Tarwa n Ayur "Moroccan band," Brothers "Bahraini band" | Fav singers: Dido, Julio Iglesias, Enya, Sade, Tony Bennett, Charles Aznavour, Johnny Hallyday, Peppino Gagliardi, James Brown, El Cigala, Moshik Afia, Bob Marley, Adriano Celentano, Chi Jin, Googoosh, Dariush, Moein, İbrahim Tatlıses, Emrah, Ofra Haza, Cheb Mami, Cheb Khaled, M. Mounir, Hany Shaker, George Wassouf, Fairouz, Wadih, Warda, Halim, Farid, Mayada El-Hennawy, Umm Kulthum, Paul Baghdadlian, Ilham Al-Madfai, Afifa Iskandar, Yusuf Omar, Seta Hagopian: the Butterfly of Basrah & the Warm Voice of Mesopotamia -- Iraqi singer of Armenian origin | Fav dancers: Michael Jackson, Naima Akef, Mervat Amin "Egyptian actress & beauty queen," Laila Mohammed "Iraqi actress, dancer & beauty princess" | Fav athletes: Alexia Putellas, Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona, Selma Bacha, Novak Djokovic, Maria Sharapova | Fav teams: women's football: Spain. Men's: Spain & Argentina. Rugby: Ireland. Basketball: USA. Olympic Games: China.

My perfect female "real/fictional" character/girlfriend/soulmate/wife: Marion Cotillard as Catherine in "Juste la fin du monde," Shuying Jiang as Luo Yue in "Mr. Right," and Xiaotong Mao as Xiaoqin Zhong in "Nothing But Thirty" -- naughty, trustworthy, sincere, faithful, pure, reliable, grateful, peaceful, cute, neat, positive, gracious, polite, romantic, cheerful, sweetly spoiled, sweetly crazy, sweetly jealous, sweetly mad, intimate, wise, talented, skilled cook, loyal, selfless, open-minded, warm-hearted, tender-hearted: woman & female, assertive & patient, brave & careful, shy & reckless, proud & humble, simple & stylish, accomplished lady & baby girl, soft like a gentle breeze but also strong like a bamboo. Simply put: cutest girl with shining eyes, cutest baby with cutest body language, brat cat dressing her red hair in a ponytail & lady of the house with a wise shake of the head. And to explain her in a few words: the beauty of the moon passed over her face, and the secrets of the universe dwelling in her eyes!

Fav countries -- I haven't been to "some" yet -- physically -- you know perfectly well what I mean: Ireland (neutrality, folklore, RUGBY, beauty of nature, historical sites, Temple Bar, green: the colour of rebirth). Vanuatu (inner peace, seafood, kindness). Holy Land (diversity, music, open-air markets, cuisine, Israeli falafel, Palestinian taboon bread, history, relics & Jerusalem: the Book of the World). China (history, culture, philosophy, wisdom, tradition-modernity balance, self-discipline, perseverance, secularism, respect, modesty, meekness "meekness doesn't mean weakness -- meekness means being powerful without taking action," silk industry, folk culture, cuisine, e.g. stuffed mantou "steamed bun," women's fashion, TV production, Shanghai's Baghdadi Jews "protecting Jews & ethnicities 1900s," childhood memories, vernacular architecture - pagoda, tea farms, agricultural landscape, red: the colour of rejoicing). Thailand & Southeast Asia (floating markets, coastlines, landscape). North Africa (Moroccan beauty & landscape, Algerian music, Egyptian history, art & sense of humour, Tunisian local dialect, cinema & Sufi show -- hadra -- the beauty of the percussion instruments). Lebanon - before 1982 (mountains, villages "dhai'as," cuisine, Cedrus libani "cedar of Lebanon," Fairouz, scent of the Blessed Virgin, Bachir Gemayel -- President of Lebanon 1982: martyr of sovereignty & independence). Iran - before 1979 (Persian carpet, cuisine, diversity, beauty, freedom, cinema & TV production, music, Iranian dance, Googoosh, art handicraft). Iraq - before 1979 (history of the constitutional monarchy, diversity, history of the Jewish-Christian community, Mesopotamian civilization, Mesopotamian Marshes, mountains, waterfalls, Iraqi dance, Iraqi chants "housat," Iraqi cuisine -- Iraqi fish "masgouf," Iraqi biryani, Iraqi tabbouleh "birthplace of tabbouleh," Iraqi maqlouba, Iraqi Kebab, Iraqi dolma, Iraqi amba "mixed pickles of Iraqi & Indian origin," Iraqi chai -- tea, love songs 1930s-1970s, generosity, hospitality, lifestyle 1921-1958 -- elegant generations of forefathers). South America (relaxed life, romance, simplicity, Uruguayan beef Chivito, Mexican burrito, Colombian Arabica coffee). Spain (Camino de Santiago, landscape, romance language, red wine, olive oil, Flamenco). Turkey (bouzouki music, restaurants, villages, Mother Mary's House: Meryem Ana Evi). Armenia (duduk, peaceful hearts, roots). France (baguette de pain, love songs, romance, model of femininity, Parisian winter, cinema, melodic language). Italy (body language, jovial mood, cuisine, woman's heart, family bonds, musical language, passion). USA (diversity, open-mindedness, coolness, small talk, slang, sitcoms, American humour) - BUT NOT: wars & invasions. Germany (bread, Volkswagen Beetle, vintage products, literature) - BUT NOT: discrimination, arrogance, superciliousness, callousness "cold personality," bad temper, psychological complex, sombreness "poker face," xenophobia ⟹ isolation & seclusion, extreme systematic thinking "systematic thinking is positive, BUT extreme systematic thinking might lead to complexity, robotic personality & boring life," anti-Semitism, radicalism, terror cells, Nazism -- einmal Schlampe, immer Schlampe -- einmal Nazi, immer Nazi!, over-generalising that leads to unfair treatment & social stereotypes, bureaucracy, political sociology/psychology ⟹ chaos (chaos ≠ democracy), store-closing law on Sundays "Ladenschlussgesetz," Beitragsservice/GEZ: TV-radio tax = legal BLACKMAIL!!

My faith & philosophy of religion: As to me, guys, there is no such thing as apocryphal Gospels or Apocrypha. Nag Hammadi library? Dead Sea Scrolls? So-called Gnostic Gospels...?! Is it really true? Genuine? Real? Legit? Authentic...? To me, YES! It's canonical and authoritative. You are free. I am free. People are free. People are free thinkers, and we are the people! Accept it or forget it! Like it or not! I have read most of them, and, as a free thinker, I "accept" them, and, you know what? There's more to come! Secrets?! Dig holes, and dig them deep! Truth is, I could hear the gentle shushing of the so-called saints -- all joining in -- eh?! The high priest says: "All I know is that I know!," "I buy and sell anything," "Listen to me!," "Don't ask!," "Don't think!," "Don't you dare!" BUT I am telling you the truth: "Don't live like a slave," "Search for the truth," "And DO NOT be afraid of the truth," "Open your ears," "Unchain your heart," "Open your mind," "And open your mouth." And he who says to you: "Listen to me!," "Only me!," "For I know the truth!" is not a saint, but a psychopath. I am telling you the truth: "Lies are lies. Truth is truth. And lies travel faster than the truth," "Freedom is the truth, the literal truth," "So blessed is he, who feels free." PS, I hate "religious" hypocrisy. Eh!

I have great respect for Martin Luther - the German reformer - and my highest respect "Chapeau!" for his heroic efforts, especially the Ninety-five Theses 1517, and the Old-New Testaments with Apocrypha: Luther Bible 1522-1545. BUT I cannot accept his anti-Semitism. I respect Jehovah's Witnesses and their high diligence -- I also admire John Calvin and the Presbyterian theology -- and I deeply respect R. C. Sproul, the American theologian. BUT we are still split on doctrinal matters. I respect Zwingli - his work and philosophy. BUT, violence?! That is not my thing. I love and respect the Catholic Church and the veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary -- and I have great respect for the Orthodox Church and Saint Mark. BUT, politics?! Secret archives?! It troubles my heart. I respect Islam -- MODERATE Islam. BUT, political Islam?! Militias?! Theocracy?! Radicalism?! Terrorism?! Not on your life. I have great respect for Judaism and I love Judeo-Christianity "the Source of Knowledge" -- I also love and respect Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism "the School of Wisdom" and their peaceful coexistence. BUT ALSO open-mindedness, critical thinking, modern knowledge, and mix of tradition + modernity. I value the scriptural sacraments -- baptism and the Lord's Supper -- however -- I have sacraments of my own, i.e., freedom and search for truth. THUS I AM A FREE theologian. To me, philosophy, ethics, and faith are set of triplets based on love, peace, and change. Remember, the difference between life and death is: CHANGE!

Fav directors: Spielberg, Scorsese, Tarantino, Hitchcock, Allen. Fav actors: Marion Cotillard, Dakota Fanning, Xiaoran Li, Christoph Waltz, Martina Gedeck, Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep, Paz Vega, Shuying Jiang, Jennifer Lawrence, Anthony Hopkins, Dany Boon, Kad Merad, Jin Luo, Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant, Adriano Celentano, Ahmed Mekky, Ali Rabee, Hannah El-Zahed, Amr Abdel Galil, Maya Nasri, Adel Adham, Omar Sharif, Adel Emam, Mervat Amin, Mahmoud Yassin, Soad Hosny, Naima Akef, Xiaotong Mao, Yao Tong, Alain Delon, Sophie Marceau, Zhilei Xin, Drew Barrymore, Adam Sandler, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Louis de Funès, Denzel Washington, Ben Stiller, Jason Statham, Cillian Murphy, Sophie Rundle, Evgeniya Gromova, Joanna Kulig…

Fav "fictional" characters: Jerry Seinfeld & Elaine Benes "Seinfeld," Al Bundy & Kelly Bundy "Married... with Children," Roger Smith & Klaus Heißler "American Dad!," Reese Wilkerson & Ida Welker "Malcolm in the Middle," Marbouha "El Kabeer Awy," Ada Shelby "Peaky Blinders"

Fav TV series & sitcoms: Seinfeld, Malcolm in the Middle, American Dad! "the funniest comedy ever," Married... with Children, Modern Family, Peaky Blinders, Arde Madrid "Spanish comedy-drama 2018," Viva Atata "Egyptian comedy 2014," El Kabeer Awy or the Big Boss "Egyptian comedy," Esha Full or Beautiful Life! "Tunisian comedy," Spotlight or Bok'at Daw "Syrian comedy," Chinese TV series: Mr. Right, Because of Love, Nothing But Thirty, I Will Find You a Better Home...

Fav theatre plays: Madraset El-Moshaghbeen "Egyptian comedy play 1973," Ella Khamsa "Egyptian comedy play 1963," Al-Zaeem "Egyptian comedy play1993," Masrah Masr "today..."

My nostalgic childhood comedy shows & sitcoms: Benny Hill Show "UK 1980s," Tahit Moos Al-Hallaq "Iraqi comedy 1960s," HaMis'ada HaGdola or the Big Restaurant or Abu Rami's Restaurant "Israeli sitcom 1980s" -- nostalgic VHSs...

My nostalgic childhood cartoon & comics: Grendizer, Mazinger Z, Manga Sarutobi Sasuke, Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures, Popeye the Sailor Man, Tom & Jerry, Magic Carpet...

Fav films: Midnight in Paris, La Fidélité, American Hustle, Brimstone, Disobedience, Magnolia, Frère et Sœur, Chitchat on the Nile or Adrift on the Nile "Egyptian film 1971," Les Filles du botaniste, Sayonara, Das Leben der Anderen, Balzac et la Petite Tailleuse Chinoise, No Hard Feelings, Just like Heaven, Under the Tuscan Sun, the Equalizer, Phone Booth, Gone Girl, Une Histoire D'âme "Sophie Marceau 2015," the Wife of an Important Man "Egyptian drama film 1988," Juste la fin du monde, Les Fantômes d'Ismaël, Harry & Sally, Analyze This, Infidelity "Russian film 2019," Child of the Terraces "Tunisian film 1990," Hitchcock's Notorious 1946, Hitchcock's Blackmail 1929, Memoirs of a Geisha, Red Sparrow, Punch-Drunk Love, Terrorism & Kebab "Egyptian black comedy 1992," La Vie d'Adèle, Malavita, Django Unchained, Goodfellas, Spanglish, Master Cheng, Personal Shopper, La Dolce Vita, Elles, Papillon 1973, the Collector 1965, Walk Don't Run 1966, Saturday Night Fever, the Heartbreak Kid, Duplex, Greenberg, 50 First Dates, Pulp Fiction, American History X, Lansky, Les Félins, the Sweetness of Love "Egyptian romantic comedy 1952," Mélodie en sous-sol, Rocco e i suoi fratelli, Le Gitan, Nothing Personal, the Children of Huang Shi, the Promise, the Father, A Quiet Place, John Wick, Five Minutes of Heaven, Are You Lonesome Tonight? "Chinese film noir 2021," the Green Mile, Joker, Airplane!, City Lights -- Charles Chaplin, Chocolat, Péril en la demeure, Gemma Bovery, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Dog Day Afternoon, Catch Me If You Can, Once Upon a Time in America, Red Eye, A Day & A Night "Egyptian film 2020," the Headmaster "Egyptian comedy 2000," Rebel Without a Cause, die Lümmel von der ersten Bank, Taxi Driver, the Shawshank Redemption, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Home Alone, Le cochon de Gaza, Un divan à Tunis, Scary Movie, Monsieur Claude, Some Like It Hot, Summertime, Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob, Operation Petticoat, Roman J. Israel, the Godfather, Scent of a Woman, ...And Justice for All, Stillwater, La Boum, Malèna, Na mlečnom putu, After.Life, La passante du Sans-Souci, Fantasma d’amore -- Romy Schneider, Parasite, La cara oculta, La vita è bella, Mother!, Risen, Silence, the Others, Queen of the Desert, Casablanca, the Pianist, Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini, the Taste of Sunshine, Rosa Luxemburg, Dresden, Steal the Sky, Saving Private Ryan, 1917, Ende der Schonzeit, In Tranzit, Schindler's List, Uprising, Plan A, the Reader, der Trafikant, der Untergang…

Take it easy!
Mazin Linn
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