CURRENT MISSION

Finding a place to live in Beirut for ten months with my travel partner Doris Biesmans

ABOUT ME

I'm a graduated KU Leuven student who enjoys travelling through the Middle East and other nice parts of the Arab world.

PHILOSOPHY

Every day is the beginning of a new discovery

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

none

Interests

Damascus city, Arab world, history and science, the Legendary Fayrouz, languages, Japanese language and culture, politics, world literature, French society, Hiyao Miyazaki films,etc.

• culture
• literature
• walking
• politics
• movies
• traveling
• history
• languages
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Empire of the Sun, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, West-Beirut, Caramel, Lemon Tree,Jeux d'enfants, Syrian Bride, Syriana, Villa Jasmin, Hors-la-loi, The English Patient, La Haine, l'Auberge espagnole, les Choristes, Spirited Away

Books: L'étranger, De Voorlezer, Sophie's World, Siegfried, The Dark is Rising, Le Petit Prince, The War of the Worlds, The Lord of The Rings, The Hobbit, Harry Potter, Narnia, And Then There Were None, Children of Gebelawi, The Invisible Man,........

Music: Fayrouz, Majida el Roumi and other Arab artist (classics), French music, a bit of everything.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-While I was in a Damascene taxi with some friends the driver hit a person walking by, fortunetaly the man survived the hit.

-The ruins of Petra were really worth visiting. Fantastic.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Egypt, Morocco, Syrian Arab Republic