Please read the entire ABOUT ME🪴

Born and raised in Iran. I moved to the US in 2019 for grad school and started to explore the country as well.

I identify as queer and go by they/them pronouns.

I am not into visiting the most famous places in the best cities, and would rather go to cafes with more regulars, listen to stories and learn hundreds of things I might not know of.

Recently moved from Seattle, US to Helsinki, Finland I’d like to get to know more travelers from different parts of the world.
I dabble in and out of different things, make DIY furnitures and decoratives, and paint.
I care about all who has feelings! I care about the oppressed ones more, so zero tolerance for racism, sexism, agism, fat-phobia, Islamophobia, etc.

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

A lot of people around me do not get into random conversations; mainly because most of them are so engaged in their jobs or in their relationships that making new friends is not a “concern”. But, for me it is. I have been living with roomates for years and expanded my relationships exponetially by getting to know friends of friends of my friends.
I want to meet with new people, see their cities and go to the places they recommend. Also, I don’t like to support apps that already have billions of customers and block local businesses, so would be glad to pay for where I stay:)
I’d be happy to host you if you tell me the name of a song that you can listen to over and over and over ;) (just to make sure you read through my profile and know about me a little bit🙂

Interessen

• books
• performing arts
• socializing
• painting
• music
• hiking
• backpacking
• learning languages

Musik, Filme und Bücher

I listen to different genres of music but there are bands and songs I can listen to over and over and over, like Tamino Amir, Heydoo Heydari, Moody Moosavi, Radiohead and some single tracks.
I like European Cinema better than Hollywood, movies from Bergman open gates inside me, fill me with anger, with sorrow, with agony and sometimes happiness. I watch movies mostly to experience moments I might not be able to experience in my short life.
I reads about feminism, socialism, people’s stories, plastic recycling and art!

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

I have changed a lot and am amazed by all these changes! I have been actively practicing sympathy, to be able to understand people even if we have not shareed common experiences!

Lehren, lernen, teilen

I used to teach English to kids while learning French for a couple of years but forgot alot of it:(
I “recreate”, make things with new functionalities from things that cannot hold their primmery functionalies anymore.
BTW, I have been working on plastic recycling in grad school at School of Packaging at Michigan State University. That’s the most relavant topic I can work on as a person with an engineering background who tries to limit their waste and avoid using plastics!

Was ich mit Gastgebern teilen kann

I would like to spend time with my guests, listen to their stories and socialize with them. Sometimes I like to cook with/for my my guests, to share tastes with them.

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey, United States

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

Finland, Iran, United States