Description
Raqiyah Ghanem
General
Name: Raqiyah (Ra-key-yah) Sabah Ghanem
Nickname Kiki
Gender: Female
Age: 43
Birthday: January 13th, 1973
Height: 5’11” / 181 cm
Blood Status: Half-blood
Residence: Hogsmeade, Scotland
Sexuality: Bisexual
Physical Appearance
Kiki is very much the stereotypical ideal of an Egyptian woman with the over the top eye makeup and gauzy clothing. She even has the big hair most noble women and royalty had back in the day. She is tallish for a woman, but has all the right curves and then some. She is easily considered voluptuous, though she has a good physique for her age. She adores jewelry, and always wears a lot of it, especially in the form of rings and large clunky earrings. When teaching Alchemy, she is quick to take it off, however. Safety first and all that.
Personality
Clever Charming Eloquent Subtle Self-indulgent Ambitious Competitive Averacious
Kiki has always been a Slytherin at heart, even when she changed schools due to her father’s career. She always worked on being charming and eloquent, making sure she was articulate and her etiquette was above reproach. Since she had to learn everything for two different nationalities, her cleverness helped her blend in from one school to the other.
She had been quite popular at both schools, using said charm to win over other students, as well as impress the professors. She is horribly ambitious, doing everything she could other than sleeping with people when she got old enough to get what she wanted. A girl had to have some standards. She does believe that all that glitters is gold, and is very attracted to things that sparkle. So much so that she has been called greedy by many competitors and people who know her. She also easily gives in to things. When she wants something, she gets it, no matter what it is. At least,as long as it sparkles. While she was always one to trust first, then rage quit that relationship if she was burnt, she was still quite cynical in her world view. Even while she reigned over her court at the schools, she knew that nothing lasted forever. That was why she secured a teaching spot before going off to be a curse breaker for a few years. She wanted to make sure her options were open.
Boggart
Extreme Heights Her leg being amputated
Stairs (uncontrollable fear of falling down them)
Man made technology like carnival rides or cars
The death of Isis (her familiar) and her other animals, but mostly Isis
LIKES
Brilliantly colored birds Gold
Dark Chocolate
Jeweltone Colors
Koi Fish
Sitar Music
Her Sitar
History, the older the better
Spicy foods
Rainy days
DISLIKES
Questions that don’t relate to her classes during class time Heat
Rudeness
Being dirty
Not sparkling like a diamond
Not having enough time to get ready
Unorganized people/people not prepared
Not being valued as a professor/helpful member of the staff
Being underestimated
When students cry
School and Magic related
House Points:
Gryffindor:
Hufflepuff:
Ravenclaw: 5
Slytherin:
Course Teaching: Alchemy and Ancient Studies
Years Teaching: 14
Familiar: Isis, Oriental Shorthair
Wand Ingredients
Core: Dragon Heartstring Length: 11 inches
Wood: Ash
Flexibility: Inflexible
Patronus: Anubis Canine
Magical Aptitude:110
Natural Lore: 50Somatic Magic: 5
Theoretical Magic: 50
Third Eye: 5
History
Kiki was born in England to wizarding parents from Egypt. Her father worked for the Ministry of Magic of Egypt, but was working with the British Ministry for diplomatic reasons. Though she lived in England for a good part of her childhood, she was forced to leave Hogwarts after her third year in order to return to Egypt because of her father’s job.While she was not happy about it at first, she grew to love her new home. Her time there was what helped her find what she was passionate about, which was teaching students about other wizarding cultures, past and present.Before she became a teacher, she was a curse breaker for Gringotts, traveling all over to see different places of the world. She enjoyed it very much, but was forced to retire young do to an accident that almost cost her a leg. Now, she has a slight limp on a good day, but if she is tired or fatigued, it is quite noticeable.She began teaching at the Uagadou Wizarding School when she was thirty, and was there for thirteen years. However, she heard that the position for Alchemy and Ancient Studies classes might be open, so she applied. She was tired with the heat of Egypt, ready for a change and a chance to become reacquainted with her first school.
Other
Has a large koi pond at her home and a small magical one in her office Plays the Sitar
Is good at wandless magic, thanks to her African school
Has a small menagerie of colorful birds in her home and at the school
Decorates her classroom, office, and home in colorful fabric and pillows
Has been compared to Trelawny, but was told she was much cooler
Has a horrible scar on her right calf where a magical trap got her on a job
Has the phases of the moon tattooed on her spine
Her hair is often called a wig, but it’s actually her own hair. Thanks, magic!
Knows how to use the Khopesh and most of the ancient Egyptian weapons
Waivers
OC Risk Statement: The mods have my permission to do up to Tier 5 injury to my OC.
Familiar Risk Statement: I give the mods permission to do up to Tier 4 injury to my OC’s familiar.
CCP Usage: 110
Magical Aptitude: 110
Lunaura — Professor Ghanem
