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If I had to choose a word to describe myself, I would pick curious – right after empathetic; my curiosity has led me to explore as many fields of interests as I could. I was born into a musical environment, and this made my passion for music and the desire to grab a microphone to just start interviewing artists come to me in the most natural way.
My Law School chapter started when I turned 19, and decided to move to England without much knowledge of English. After spending the first year just wandering around, I did something completely out of my comfort zone. To be honest, I never thought a career as a lawyer would be my path, but being a very stubborn person, I started a journey and wanted to see it through. I specialised in International Law and in Copyright Law. Today I am very happy with the journey I had at law school, however – since we’re being completely honest, being able to listen to my inner self, follow my passions, and nurture my talents, has been a somewhat slow, and at times, painful process. When I finally reached a level of serenity that made me comprehend myself entirely, allowing me to listen to my inner voice calmly, everything fell into the right place.

There wasn’t a real starting point. My father was an Egyptian musician, and my mother was always involved working in the social sector and the third sector. Her work led her to be in close contact with cultural events, both in spaces like cultural associations and eventually creating a festival that, over the years, became a major representative event for Music from the World in Italy. The festival was called ‘Roma Incontra il Mondo’ and it took place at Villa Ada in Rome. From the age of 7, I spent all my summers there; while my schoolmates went on vacation, I discovered music among the trees and green at the park. The older I got, the more involved I became in the organisation of the festival. The transition was quite natural when I also started organising my own events at Lanificio 159, working for the Italian Open Tennis Championships, and so on. I started travelling for work across Italy, trying to use my musical knowledge to promote culture, and to find in music a reason for sharing while creating engagement.

This is a tough one! On radio and TV I get to share what I prefer, the stories I love, and the messages I want to convey. In recent years, organising festivals and concerts hasn’t been easy: there is less and less support from institutions to fund cultural events, so often, you end up creating line-ups based more on the market’s demands than on genuine artistic choices. Which if you ask my opinion, I believe would lead to a more diverse, interesting program. Of course, putting talented artists on stage and seeing the crowd appreciate your choices is satisfying, but what I’m able to do with radio and TV, at this stage in my life, is more exciting.