"Too old am I to play with passion,
Too young to be without desire"​ :)

I'm looking for friends to communicate and exchange ideas.
I may not be entirely disinclined to consider marriage in case of mutual interest. But I'm not primarily here for that reason but for the sake of contacts and connections with the diverse cultures and countries of this world.

Reading
Writing
Watching the sea
Eating chocolate
(Philosophy,​ History, Linguistics [with special a special interest in Pidgin and Creole Languages], Music etc.)

Baladi
The Chansons of Jacques Brel
Classical Yemenite music
Classical Turkish music
Operas by Wagner
Greek, Arab and African styles

"The Second Wife"
"The Cow"
"Le Gendarme de Saint Tropez"​
"The Tiger of Malaysia"​
"Viva Algeria"​

"Fawlty​ Towers"​
"Cosby Show" (but that's long ago)

Quran
"The Trial"
"The Bone People"​
"Son of her Father"​
"Nadia'​s Song" (has many parallels with my own life)
"The Prophet"​
"The Spell"
Bhagavat Gita
"Dracula"​

and many more (as I am an ardent reader)

"For love is strong as death and passion relentless as Hades"

"You grieve for those that may not be lamented and your sentiments are those of the expounder of the letter of the law. The wise man does not grieve for the dead nor for the living."​

"The peoples. speaking for themselves, shall
Soon enough come to agree"

"Be as you appear and appear as you are."