CURRENT MISSION

To beat Ibn Battuta's high score (and make some friends along the way)

ABOUT ME

I'm the kid that colored outside the lines of his yellow-orange elephant, I flew a plane before I could drive a car, I only eat hummus with pita bread.

Currently working as a researcher with Brookings Institute.

PHILOSOPHY

I cannot rest from travel; I will drink Life to the lees.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted in the US.
Surfed in Germany and Croatia.

Interests

Traveling, reading, creating, believing, eating, dancing, searching, loving, finding, living and other -ing things.

• dancing
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• painting

Music, Movies, and Books

Requiem for a Dream, Dreamers, Amelie, Memento, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, A Separation, El laberinto del fauno, A Beautiful Mind, Salo le 120 giornate di Sodoma, La Vida de Los Peces

James Blake, Mashrou' Leila, Electric Guest, The Black Keys, The Middle East, Bon Iver, Sage Francis, Mumford And Sons, Empire of the Sun

Lolita, A Razor's Edge, Immortality, As I Lay Dying, The Stranger, Nausea, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Invisible Man, Midnight's Children, The Lost Steps, The Unbearable Lightness of Being...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've been inside of a Great Pyramid, lay on the sacrificial altar at Petra, picnicked in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, wailed in Jerusalem, followed the Berber paths from Morocco to Spain, eaten turkey in Turkey, caught the tube in London, climbed the Tower of Babel (aka the Burj Khalifa), crossed the Great Wall of China...

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to make stuffed grape leaves, a recipe passed on to me from my grandmother's home in the countryside of Palestine. Once upon a time, I learned how to tie a harness. Oh and I've flown a plane! But that's a story you should ask me about when we meet.

I want to learn how to make dessert in under 15 minutes, how to capture the stars in a painting, and how to navigate a city without perpetually being lost.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Palestine, Romania, Saint Lucia, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States