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New York, New York, United States
@ali-hassan-18
Mitglied seit 2016
I'm an undergraduate student who's majoring in Economics and Politics. I enjoy writing (I hope to have a career writing Op-Eds for newspapers), reading fiction and history, watching movies (with a particular leaning towards the Iranian variety), listening to Qawwali (a Pakistan form of Sufi music), travelling, photography, eating good food, and, more recently, learning languages.
Interessiert an Geschichte
Interessiert an Sprachen
Fließend in Englisch
,Lerne Persisch (Farsi)
Warum ich auf Couchsurfing bin
I started learning Spanish six months ago. As of this moment, I have a decent grasp on its grammar and know a fair amount of its vocabulary, and can therefore read and write without a great deal of difficulty. What I can't do is speak fluently, and the reason is that I've haven't immersed myself in a Spanish-speaking community. Therefore, I want to spend a week in Madrid and challenge myself to a week of speaking nothing but Spanish. I know a week isn't enough time to achieve fluency, but at least my spoken Spanish will improve. It'll also be fun. After all, non Spanish speakers also visit the city seeking a good time.
Musik, Filme und Bücher
Music: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Zeb and Haniya Pink Floyd, Movies: Children of Heaven The Grand Budapest Hotel The Chess Players Books: The Modern Middle East A Thousand Splendid Suns Notes From Underground
Eine tolle Sache, die ich getan habe
I was waiting in the check-in queue at Islamabad's airport when I saw a man with a Spanish passport. At that time, I was still learning elementary Spanish and couldn't speak it well, but I knew I had to take this opportunity to put my skills to the test. So I approached him and asked him whether he's from Spain (I knew he was, but I had to start the conversation somehow). He replied with a yes, after which I said, "Yo estoy aprendiendo español." And that was that. He seemed happy and started talking to me in Spanish. For my part, I replied as best as I could, though often struggling. But it was exhillarating and satisfying. When I spoke what was to me a new language, a barrier that once existed between me and that stranger no longer existed. Such is the beauty of learning languages; it brings me so much closer to the multicultural world I live in.
Was ich mit Hosts teilen kann
Aside from world-famous Pakistani sweets? I can talk day and night about the Indian Subcontinent and Middle East, teach Urdu/Hindi phrases, share photography techniques, and listen attentively to their own cultural experiences.