بنی آدم اعضای یک پیکرند
که در آفرینش ز یک گوهرند
چو عضوی به درد آورد روزگار
دگر عضوها را نماند قرار
تو کز محنت دیگران بی غمی
نشاید که نامت نهند آدمی
سعدی -

i've recently graduated from UC Berkeley, where i studied Peace and Conflict Studies. as a full-time activist, i aim to meet people all over the world who are working to better their communities.

struggles i work with:
economic justice
environmentalism
animal rights/veganism
anti-capitalism/anti-consumerism
LGBTQ rights, visibility
racial justice
Palestine
anti-patriarchy
and last but not least, anti-war/anti-militarization

in short - yup, i'm vegan, i'm a feminist, and i stand unequivocally with Palestine.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

to get to genuinely know people interested in exchanging ideas, cultures, and methods of bettering our world. i'm interested in meeting activists working on struggles specific to their lifestyle or geographic region.

i've hosted and been hosted all over the world prior to making a CS profile, but have finally come to my senses.

i've hosted:
Stanislav from Russia
Meigo from Estonia
Christabel and Phillippa from the UK
Stefanie from Germany
Maria from Canada
Katy from the US
Tootles from the US
Setareh and Elham from Iran

i myself have couchsurfed all over the United States, as well as in Czech Republic, Hungary, Turkey, and Iran.

Interests

existence is resistance.
intersectional existence is intersectional resistance.

• animals
• vegan
• socializing

Music, Movies, and Books

books:
Orientalism - Edward Said
From Margin to Center - bell hooks
The Shock Doctrine - Naomi Klein
The New Jim Crow - Michelle Alexander
The Global Gamble - Peter Gowan
Making a Killing - Bob Torres
The Sexual Politics of Meat - Carol Adams
Pedagogy of the Oppressed - Paulo Freire
Neoliberalism's War on Higher Education - Henry Giroux
Islamic Liberation Theology: Resisting the Empire - Hamid Dabashi
The Wretched of the Earth - Frantz Fanon

movies:
También la Lluvia
Incident at Oglala
Ekümenopolis
The Black Power Mixtape
Beyond Belief (Afghanistan)
If a Tree Falls
Barfi

music:
Lowkey
Ana Tijoux

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i've met ke$ha.

Teach, Learn, Share

methods of resistance!

What I Can Share with Hosts

knowledge, stories, and memories

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, Iran, Tunisia, Turkey, United States