I'm half British🫖, half Palestinian🍉, half Egyptian ☥△ (and I'm very good at maths 😉)

Somehow ended up living in the forests of deepest Germany. Never was a small town person, but after almost 10 years here, this place feels like home, and I'd be happy to show you its little treasures and introduce you to its characters.

I work for a tiny think tank with big ideas that is trying to save us from self-destruction.

If you come to visit us in Eberswalde, you'll meet me, my wife (Magda, from Poland), and our daughter (Alba, from all over the place. Born 2014, and she can already speak three languages).

Maybe some things I like? The gurgling of a bottle of wine when you pour out the first glass. Forgetting the world whilst dancing to reggae or drum'n'bass. Watching cats. Watching dragonflies. Stirring a risotto. Eating a risotto. Making a difference to someone. Cycling down Calle de Balmes in rush hour. Spontaneity. Singing along badly to female vocals. Exploring new places with my daughter. Hanging out in Eberswalde. Sauna.

Things I don't like? Unthoughtful people, arrogance, the English summer, cars, flying without thought of the impact, waste, materialism, feeling trapped, pubs where the music is too loud to talk, but there's nowhere to dance.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

The first time a stranger lets you into their house and offers you a glass of wine or a cup of tea, and the first time they leave you, a stranger, in their house whilst they go to work - you realise there is hope for this world!

兴趣

• dancing
• environment
• cooking
• beer
• politics
• cycling
• hiking
• economics
• psychology
• linguistics
• theatre

音乐、电影和书籍

Music: amparanoia, lamb, ojos de brujo, tori amos, lhasa de sala, dota kehr, sheryl crow, rage against the machine, la dame blanche, MIA, portishead, florence and the machine. For dancing: reggae, balkan/gypsy, drum'n'bass. Films: habla con ella, central do brasil, el laberinto del fauno, maria llena de gracia, brazil, dogville, american beauty, dark city, fight club, persepolis
Books: stuff like...One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Manuel Puig. The Handmaiden's Tale, Margaret Atwood. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera. Snow, Orhan Pamuk. No Logo, Naomi Klein. The Meme Machine, Susan Blackmore. Post Growth - Life after Capitalism, Tim Jackson. Sex at Dawn, Christopher Ryan. Against Elections, David von Reybrouck. Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Theatre of the Oppressed. Walking along the top of the walls of Jerusalem with someone who had spent half his life in prison. Getting involved in the public support of a Latin American president when there was a mini one-day coup (el pueblo unido!). My work's mentioned in the Lonely Planet (hurray!). And I've looked after a baby wolf (ahh!).

我游览过的国家

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Oman, Palestine, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

我居住过的国家

Chile, Ecuador, Germany, Poland, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

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