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If you were to be reincarnated, what would you like to be reincarnated as?
I would want to be in a position to play a larger role in life. Indeed, I do not restrict my mind to architecture only. I come from a political family so I have seen the game on a larger scale. And if you were to ask what my regret is, I would say I believe I have far more energy, to do far more than what I have been doing until now. I feel I have a good mind, I can be a great contributor, I can do good for this country, I can do good on a larger scale. Will I get that chance though? I do not know.

If there was one question you could ask God, what would it be?
There are no mysteries of the world to me, no big “why’s”, I take the world and life as they are.

What is your idea of happiness?
I keep saying it is an overall being. If all the things I love dearly, like my family or my work are in harmony, then there is happiness. But the dynamics of it are obviously constantly changing, there are crisis and challenges every single day. So my ability to deal with them is what determines my happiness.
The writer is a French traveller who has worked in international relations, classical music, journalism and psychology. But it is her particular interest in spiritual matters that has led her to devise this version of The Proust Questionnaire: “It helps us to see people who they really are inside.”