Hello! :)

My name is Paula, I'm from Barcelona , but currently I am living in Beirut, in Lebanon . My two big interests are politics and art. I'm currently studying History of art and Art Curating in Beirut. I enjoying having conversations on both topics, especially politics and art in the Middle East, and I'm passionate about the middle point where both disciplines mix.

I am very interested in the Middle East (society, culture, politics, food , religions, literature..) and most of my traveling has been around this area. Appart from spending some time in Beirut and integrating into local initatives with refugee communities, I have also worked in Amman in an art therapy initative with refugees, and I have been visiting Palestine, where I have been doing a small research on the contemporary art scene and art centers in refugee camps.

My hobbies are reading , writing, music (I play the flute:) ) and photography.

I love learning from people and there are always some teachings you can take from good conversations. I am also very willing for some language exchange, I speak fluent Spanish, English and French, and I'm currently working on my Arabic and Italian. I am someone very curious and always eager to learn from the people I encounter along my way. This is why I like traveling through couchsurfing, as it potentiates beautiful encounters! 😊

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love getting into coversations to understand more about the place I'm visiting with people from the area and learn from their insights. Besides, I think traveling is an amazing way to encounter very interesting people and couch surfings helps into that!

Interests

• literature
• poetry
• photography
• politics
• music
• art history
• philosophy
• veganism
• middle east
• photograph
• refugees welcome
• animal activism

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: The one and only Ibrahim Maalouf, Dhafer Youssef. Fairuz, Ziad Rahbani, Eryka Badu, Marcel Khalifa, Al Akhareen, Kase O, Naissam Jalal, Camarón, Diego el Cigala, Faraj Suleiman, Nicolas Jaar, Nas, Damso, Umm Kulthum...

Books: Patrie (Tahar Ben Jelloun), Soufi Mon Amour (Elif Shafak), Les Enfants du Ghetto ( Elias Khoury), Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Nietzsche), Ou bien...Ou bien (Kierkeegard), La metamorfosis ( Kafka), The conquest of bread (Kropotkin), Being and Time (Heidegger), Palestinian Walks (Raja Shehadeh), Sharon and My Mother in Law (Suad Amiry), With Speech as My Weapon (Emma Goldman).

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm into books and language exchange! I am always looking for recommendations of books and some language practice! I can offer some practice in Spanish and French. I'm also very interested into getting to know new artists and songs! I can recommend some good arab artists and literature.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can offer nice and joyful conversations. I'm vegan so if you're interested into a session of vegan cousin I would enjoy cooking very much.

If you're a musician I'm in for some jamming, my flute can always fit in my backpack!

Countries I’ve Visited

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Hungary, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Martinique, Norway, Palestine, Portugal, Serbia, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Lebanon, Spain