CURRENT MISSION

Remain motionless for a time

ABOUT ME

Married, Christian, bookish, dry, lovers of the outdoors and Middle East, foodies, locavores, travelers

PHILOSOPHY

بنی آدم اعضای یکدیگرند که در آفرینش زیک گوهرند
چه عضوی به درد آورد روزگار دگر عضوها را نماند قرار

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Thrice have we hosted, not yet have we guested

Interests

Islamic history/philosophy/law, modern literature, old books, making cheese, home brewing, the outdoors, sports played therein

• fish
• books
• literature
• cooking
• cheese
• beer
• outdoor activities
• fishing
• muslim
• sports
• history
• law

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Babette's Feast, The Science of Sleep, Funny Face, Magnificent Seven, Holiday Inn, Dr. Strangelove
Music : Devendra Banhart, Bela Fleck, Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Charles Mingus, Souad Massey, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsokov, Respighi, Elgar, Arvo Part, Neil Kottke
Books : the work of Edward Gorey, Middlesex, Paradise Lost, Mawsim al-hijra ila l-shimal, Kitab al-Hayawan li-l-Jahiz, Edgar Allen Poe, David James Duncan, Howard's End, Barbara Kingsolver

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Phosphorescent fish and plankton, Gulf of Aqaba

Teach, Learn, Share

Can teach Arabic, arboriculture, cheesemaking.

Would like to work on conversational German and Persian, learn about new cooking and beer-making techniques.

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