Salman & Hannah
I randomly met this lovely couple from the U.K. one afternoon in front of the East Side Gallery in Berlin, which is a remaining stretch of the Berlin Wall that is completely covered in murals and graffiti.
What season are you in?
Salman
“I think I’m just trying to finish my university and start off my career. Get that out of the way, then I might start exploring.”
Both Salman and Hannah attend the University of Leeds in the North of England. Hannah is originally from Manchester and Salman is originally from Saudi Arabia.
Hannah
“Same stage, self-exploration and sort of knowing who I am as a person, but knowing who I am as a couple as well, how that affects me as a person and how it affects my lifestyle and stuff like that.”
If you could go back in time, what piece of advice would you give yourself?
Hannah
“Don’t sweat the small stuff, ‘cause it’s not worth it.”
Salman
“Pursue the things that you love, the things that make you excited. Do that.”
What drives you? What’s your passion? What do you get up in the morning for?
Hannah
“These are hard questions,” says Hannah jokingly. “I’ve always thought I had a plan in mind, but the more I’ve sort of lived and know myself, the more I find you can’t plan anything, you just have to wait and see what the day brings and go ahead and get out there and see what there is for the world to offer you, and just explore and experience everything really.“
Salman
“My motivation is art, which is a great place to talk about because we are right in front of the Berlin Wall. Like if I produce any creative work in a day, that would be a good day for me.”
What do you want to do before you die?
Hannah
“Just live a life with no regrets, and to get to the point where if I am on the edge of death, to not think ‘I wish I have done this,’ or ‘I wish I have done that.’ Just live a really full life to the point where I’ve seized everyday and made the most of it, even if it’s just doing simple things with people I love.”
Salman
“She stole that right from my mouth. I was gonna say that. Just no regrets.”
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