Independence Movement leader Michel Moawad answers the sixteen personality factor questionnaire in an interview with L’Orient Le Jour.

By Médéa AZOURI | OLJ

What it is that gets you out of bed in the morning?

My children, literally!

The song you hum in the shower?

Sometimes sad, sometimes serious, sometimes light.

What is the last thing you do before sleeping?

The sign of the cross.

What would you like for your birthday?

A surprise.

What is it that you would never throw away?

The Lebanese flag that has been draped over the coffin of my father, my lucky shirt, the love letters from my wife and my children’s letters.

What will we find in your iPod?

Dylan, Pink Floyd and Ed Sheeran Bowie… Feyrouz, Barbara, Ferré, Brassens, Reggiani, Gainsbourg … Phases of my life in music.

Your cult film?

Once upon a time in America, The Theory of everything and Rabbi Jacob.

Bedside book?

There is more than one.

What happened to your childhood dreams?

They grew up with me.

The best compliment you ever received?

“You are the best dad in the world!”

The worst personality trait in humans?

Cowardness.

If you could have one superpower or a gift, what would you choose?

To eradicate all forms of intolerance … racism, fascism, dictatorships, fundamentalism and other absolutist ideologies.

Happiness to you?

A united family.

Your best memory?

On March 14, 2005, when justice was rendered to the martyrdom of my father and hope for a renewed nation emerged.

If you had a magic wand, what would you change?

My way of pronouncing the “r” in Arabic.

Allergic to…

Betrayal and hypocrisy.

Lebanon is …

My roots, my addiction, and I hope one day a nation.

If you meet God, what would you say?

Divine justice is often unjust.

Write your epitaph

See you in a better world.

What would you ask me to wrap up our conversation?

Journalist or shrink?