I am an Economics PhD student, currently working as a research assistant at university of Göttingen.
I have quit a long career in finance in Egypt ( seven years), and decided to travel to Germany to learn not only Economics but learn also about other cultures.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

First of all, I love travelling, I think that it adds lives to your life, and travelling is not only about going to new places and sight seeing. It is more about meeting new people and interacting with new cultures, having the will to do new things.

I think that if one restricted his travels about seeing places and cities without trying to understand the culture of its people, then he really did not travel at all, he was simply an ordinary tourist.

So, CS is- as i think- the way to meet the people that could give you the image about the place you are in, by simply knowing them, interacting with, and see the places from the prespective of its inhabitants

“Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all of one’s lifetime.” – Mark Twain

Interests

Travelling and meeting new people, playing football ( but do not expect the skills of Messi), reading, watching movies and series.

• culture
• writing
• dining
• cooking
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• soccer
• economics
• tours
• sightseeing

Music, Movies, and Books

well for Music i prefer classical Arabic music, mainly Fairouz and Mounir ( which will be a good thing to share with whom I CS)

Movies : all kinds of movies, actually I am a cinema fan, but for sure I have some favorite ones : Sweet November, 500 days of summer, The great Gatsby, I am Sam, anything directed by Christopher Nolan, DC Comics movies, And Marvel movies

Series: Game of thrones, Vikings, The arrow, The 100

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: well! Arabic if someone is interested, besides Economics

What I Can Share with Hosts

City tours, building new friends, discovering new cultures.

Besides living alone In Germany for 3 years now, I become a great chef, mainly I cook traditional Egyptian food, BE PREPARED TO TASTE :)

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal

Countries I’ve Lived In

Egypt, Germany