Shortly after I was born he emigrated to Durban, where members of my mother's family had settled at the turn of the century, and the rest of the family followed soon thereafter.

My mother had morning sickness after I was born.

As I was born to be unfortunate, my sun soon clouded.

I was born on April 1, 1933, in Constantine, Algeria, which was then part of France. My family, originally from Tangier, settled in Tunisia and then in Algeria in the 16th century after having fled Spain during the Inquisition.

I was born into a family of preachers.

Beirut is where I was born and raised.