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Goals in life
To see all facets of our world and leave the voices of people in my photographs. To tell people's stories through my photographs. To show the real world through my art. To be a support for humanity. To be a support for people in need. To give my wealth to those who have given it to a prosperous world and lost all hope of achieving equality. The goal is to give love, be love, and die with love.
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Describe your
personality
Open, sensitive, kind, positively cunning, empathetic. With huge ambitions, dreams, and aspirations. Athletic, savvy, brave, sociable, well-read. Happy, relaxed, funny, the life of the party. People are drawn to me, just as I am to them.
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Mindset
Creative
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Interested in
Cinema, history books, mountaineering, photography, travel, diving, art, atomic and nuclear physics, space
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Favorite activity
Photography, travel, visual anthropology, cinematography
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Language skills
English, Arabic
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Additional skills
I'm a good cook, florist, can tell funny jokes, I enjoy fishing, I'm knowledgeable in art history, and I know how to relax.
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Hobbies
I am a professional Arabic dancer. I have been dancing for eight years. I have performed in Russia and abroad, winning prizes. This is where my love for Arabic culture and language comes from. I graduated from art school with honors and then from architecture school. I love drawing. I have done powerlifting, cross-country skiing, volleyball, and basketball. I volunteer and go hiking. I worked as a lecturer at a planetarium. I was interested in floristry and studied nuclear physics.
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Dietary
preferences
The diet is rich. Lots of vegetables, fruits, meat, fish, and seafood.
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Strengths
I have a very stable, rational, and autonomous psyche. I'm anxiety-free. I live in perpetual happiness, no matter what. I'm not self-sacrificing. I have high empathy, which I manage to ensure my emotional stability. I'm strict about my personal boundaries. I love and accept myself at any weight. I have no complexes. None. I can always fight back if necessary. I'm brave. I love people deeply and want to dedicate my life to them. I'm kind, but not too kind. I won't let anyone take advantage of me.
I don't harbor hatred or malice toward anyone. I'm not guided by such feelings. I'm guided by the biblical verse, "Love your enemy." I love nature and animals.
I have a huge desire to learn about the world, languages, and art. I watch a lot of movies, read a lot, and develop myself in a variety of fields...
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Weaknesses
I'm very impulsive. I have urges I can't suppress. I have a huge adrenaline rush, which includes skydiving, climbing high peaks, and deep-sea diving. I have a strong desire to photograph war and travel to dangerous areas. Sometimes, such risks put me in great danger. I have a strong fear of my health due to my intense love of life, but I have no fear that anything might happen to me while working as a documentary filmmaker. The only anxiety I sometimes have is hypochondria. I'm completely inept at managing money. I'm a shopaholic. I'm occasionally lazy.
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Favorite color
Green and red
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Favorite season
Autumn, summer, and winter. My favorite month is November.
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Favorite holiday
Cosmonautics Day and Birthday
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Favorite sport
Mountaineering
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Favorite food
Mexican and Asian cuisine. I love spicy food. Gastronomy is an important part of exploring a new country for me. I'm not picky. I like almost everything. I don't like kefir.
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Favorite animal
All types of monkeys
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Favorite car
brand
There is no such thing. I dream of a ship to sail the seas like Jacques-Yves Cousteau.
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Favorite music
genre
Jazz, indie rock. I love classical music. Organ, saxophone, and cello are my favorite instruments.
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The most
hilarious
moment in life
There were so many of them. I can't even remember them all. My life is too rich in happy moments. Believe me, there were an incredible number of them.
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The event or
moment I
feel most proud of
I chose a life path based on my heart, not my head, and I've never regretted it.
And I'm proud that my personality and my life have already inspired many of my loved ones to new achievements and journeys. I'm proud that, despite everything, I continue to love and create, even after all the horrors I've witnessed with my own eyes.
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Favorite film
5 films that describe me as a person and are my favorites:
"The Great Beauty" by Paolo Sorrentino
"Earth" (2021)
"Nomadland" (2020)
"Perfect Days" by Wim Wenders
And a documentary about the great Brazilian social photographer who became the father of my dreams and defined my calling - "Salt of the Earth" by Wim Wenders
Additionally: "Substitute Teacher," "Apocalypto," "Blood," "Another Earth," "Silence"
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Favorite TV
series
Game of Thrones
Sherlock
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The event or
moment I
regret about the most
There are none. I tend to believe that all my actions have led me to this point. There is no right or wrong. There is no way. Just as there is no black or white. The world is gray. There is nothing I regret. For me, the past is just a part of life that can evoke a feeling of pleasant nostalgia. Wasting my energy reflecting on words said and unsaid is pointless. It already happened. But in the present, I am guided by the phrase: "If God has given us freedom of choice, then we are responsible for what we have done or for what we have not done."
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Why I decided to
become a donor?
To give future parents the opportunity to give their child a happy childhood filled with love, care, support, and happiness, because I didn't have that as a child. After working hard with children in Africa, I wanted to give that opportunity to parents who, for various reasons, can't have children but who desire it with all their hearts. To give them the opportunity to nurture the love that always guides me.
And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that financial considerations also influenced this decision. The proceeds from my donation will go toward a project in Lebanon, where I'll work with Syrian refugees to achieve my dream of receiving international accreditation and working with the United Nations.
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My most vivid
memory
from childhood
How my grandparents and I sailed on his ship on an expedition to Northern Baikal. They were biologists and worked at the same university. They dedicated their lives to studying Lake Baikal. My grandfather had his own ship. He was also a sailor. It was they who gave me this love of science and travel. These are the most vivid and warm memories. They are connected with my grandparents. And how my grandfather watched biathlon every winter, glued to the TV. He would shout loudly and cheer for the athletes. Thanks to this, I fell in love with skiing.
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Additional
information
"I suppose I should be angry about what happened to me, but it's hard to harbor anger when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I see it all, and it becomes unbearable—my heart fills with it, like a balloon about to burst.
And then I relax and stop resisting it, and it seeps through me like rain. And I feel nothing but gratitude for every moment of my stupid little life."