CURRENT MISSION

PhD journey

ABOUT ME

mom, wife

PHILOSOPHY

justice

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I get on here now and then to look for a place when we are traveling.. I was hosting some when we lived in Portland, OR but now we are living with family and friends and can't usually host

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

All good experiences both hosting and being hosted

Interests

• teaching
• geography
• history
• spirituality
• islam
• deaf culture

Music, Movies, and Books

In An Antique Land, by Amitav Ghosh; Bless Me Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya; Ali and Nino, by Kurban Said; AIR series by G. Willow Wilson; Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson; My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk; Lost in the City, by Edward P. Jones; Incendiary by Chris Cleave; Distant View of a Minaret by Alifa Rifaat; Women at Point Zero by Nawal al-Sadawi

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

learned a new language for my Deaf daughter

What I Can Share with Hosts

we can meet up to talk about politics and social justice, and we can go to a lecture or an event together

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Mexico, Mongolia, Poland, Qatar, Serbia, Slovenia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Countries I’ve Lived In

Egypt, Ethiopia, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States