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  • Fluent in Czech, English, Spanish; learning Arabic, Catalan, Valencian, French, German
  • 38, Female
  • Member since 2012
  • office manager and coordinator at Amnesty International, ...
  • journalism, international relations
  • From Tel Aviv and Prague
  • Profile 60% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

learning and sharing from others and about others, starting on my doorstep and expanding beyond

ABOUT ME

Creative thinker with a big heart. Amateur musician, hiker, singer of early music, dancer. I like working with people, sharing experiences with them, describing the world I see, trying to be there for the people around me while learning about the world, about others and about myself.

PHILOSOPHY

The world is a rose - smell it and pass it on to your friend (persian proverb)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

This is my first contact with CS, I am still looking around.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have no direct CS experience yet, I participated in showing around CS travellers that my friends hosted in Prague.

Interests

swimming, dancing, singing, hiking, writing, languages, traveling

  • writing
  • singing
  • dancing
  • human rights
  • traveling
  • music
  • hiking
  • swimming
  • history
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Classical music (Mozart, Dvořák, Janáček), jazz (Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald), Arabic music (Lena Chamamyan, Rima Khreish, Eftekasat) French chanson (Francoise Hardy, Serge Gainsbourg), classic rock (The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Doors), Spanish ladino (Yasmin Levy). Folk songs from around the world, especially the Mediterranean.
Any book by Karel Čapek. Hemingway`s Moveable Feast and For Whom the Bell Tolls. Jane Eyre. Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran. Fairy tales from different countries around the world.
Movies - wide range from old Czech and American and Italian comedies from the 60s to new historical adaptations. Films by Carlos Saura (especially the dancing ones). The English Patient.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Taught people a foreign language and then saw them enjoy using it. Took care of children and watched them explore the world. Made my trip to Morocco and Israel.

Teach, Learn, Share

World history - especially Czech history, Middle Eastern history. Teaching languages. Literatures. Human rights.

Countries I’ve Visited

Morocco, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, France, Israel, United States

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