CURRENT MISSION

"I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires."

ABOUT ME

When I was a kid about 12, I wrote a sort of self portrait with each letter of the alphabet. I just remember what I wrote for the first letter:
"A like Adventure, I want my life to be a big and amazing adventure"
So far I've been pretty adventurous, but I still want more..

I grew up between Marseille, Metz, Paris (France) and Oran (Algeria). I feel like a kite flying free, sometimes buffeted by the wind, falling, then rising again, on the whim of a passing breeze, but always soaring beautifully, catching the sunlight between clouds and reflecting it back again.

I just love Life and the World.

PHILOSOPHY

I'll try to say it with a few quotes :

-"Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls."

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

As I don't have my own place right now, I can only be a surfer but can't wait to host travelers from around the world.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

about to begin ...

Interests

Litterature, poetry, music, films, dance, martial arts, all arts, story telling, meditation, ancient philosophies, old rituals, mythology, astrology, history, science, religions, psychology, what makes us alike rather than what separates us, humanity

• arts
• poetry
• festivals
• dancing
• meditation
• flying
• movies
• kite flying
• music
• violin
• martial arts
• history
• psychology
• religion
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

I always find this kind of question hard as if everything I like is slipping my mind or as if there are too many:

Films that come to my mind right now : Paris-Texas, Jules and Jim, The Battle of Algiers, In the Mood for Love, Dead Man, Little Big Man, Into the Wild, A Woman Under the Influence, Do the Right Thing

TV show : Roots, Cosby Show, Fame

Books that influenced me as a kid : Oliver Twist, Le Petit Chose, Jack London's The Star Rover .... in my adult life, can't remember a favorite one... but remember books that expanded my consciousness like Frantz Fanon, Malcolm X, Angela Davis, Amadou Ampathe Ba, Kateb Yacine, Paolo Coehlo and I also love poets like Rumi, Mahmoud Darwish, Neruda, Eluard,

books on my list : some classics I am curious to read, like Dostoeivski, Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Kundera and others as various as James Campbell, Maya Angelou or Howard Zinn

Music : everything that moves me emotionally or physically. (I often dance on my own at home, especially in the dark)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Sleeping under a thousand stars like diamonds in the sky over the Sahara desert between Tamanrasset and the border of Mali, ... listening to Tuareg songs, poetry and gorgeous music with 1 violin, 1 ud, plastic containers, 1 spoon and a glass of tea ... meeting a lonely man on his camel in the middle of nowhere going after 3 camels that escaped and were returning to their land in Niger

- declaring my love in a sufi mosque in front of about 40 people to a beloved one

- watching the sunrise in the middle of the Nevada desert at the Burning Man festival in august 2008 and many other surreal visions

- going to New York with 50 dollars in my pocket and staying there for almost 5 years

- dreaming that I am talking to a fantastic creature who is half a woman and half a peacock and listening to her enigmatic message

- other enchanted dreams ...

Teach, Learn, Share

Learn : as much as I can

Share : Life experiences, dreams, ideas, thoughts, silly things ...

Teach : French

What I Can Share with Hosts

Experiences, Laughing

Countries I’ve Visited

Algeria, Cuba, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Italy, Jamaica, Morocco, Netherlands, Palestine, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Algeria, Canada, France, United States