I’m from Chicago, USA. I love meeting new people, exploring new cultures, music and cuisines.

By night I am a writer, musician and organizer and by day, a cultural event coordinator. I love folk and traditional music from around the world and play the cello, sitar and fiddle in the Middle Eastern orchestral, Hindustani and Irish traditions.

I love a long conversation over coffee, tea, a couple pints or shisha!!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I recently couchsurfed my way through Iraq and had a wonderful time. I hope to bring that welcoming and generous spirit to people passing through Chicago as well. I want to meet new friends and share new experiences all over the world.

Interests

• culture
• writing
• dancing
• cooking
• coffee
• gardening
• traveling
• billiards
• darts
• live music
• world music
• freelancing
• history
• journalism
• tea
• learning languages
• turkey
• meeting new people
• arabic
• cello
• middle east
• ireland
• guinness
• psychedelic rock
• museums and exhibitions
• sitar
• turkish music
• irish music
• world religions
• mosaic
• mexico city
• stained glass
• fiddle
• hindustani music
• middle eastern music
• free palestine
• irish music session

Music, Movies, and Books

Last read: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar. I enjoy reading James Baldwin, Arundhati Roy and Gabor Mate — anything that weeps like a poem and uncovers a dark corner of the human experience.

Musically all over the map, current obsession is Miles Davis’ Guinnevere

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Played cello in a music video with one of my favorite bands, Fontaines D.C.

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to learn about your life and you as a friend! What you’re passionate about, why you’re traveling and your life at home. I would love to share my favorite spots in Chicago, art, culture and community that I enjoy here. Plus if we can jam together!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I want to share my friendship, conversation and good times with hosts as well as my experiences growing up in Chicago, playing music and organizing cultural and social justice events.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Palestine, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States