CURRENT MISSION

Enjoy life, meeting new people and learning languages

ABOUT ME

My name means spring storm and its a pretty good description of me. I am a chill guy but can be pretty argumentative and like to get my point across but I have been practicing listening and opening up my mind to other viewpoints and ideas. I love to travel and randomly move to new places, and learn new languages, meet new people. The biggest thrill for me is to fly in to a city where I don't know anyone and can not understand the language. I was born in Connecticut, USA - grew up in Northern Pakistan, went to college in Massachusetts, interned in Barcelona, studied abroad in Istanbul and learnt Spanish in Buenos Aires. I lived and worked in New York from 2006-9 and then did a Masters in International Relations at Warwick University. I lived in London for a while and now I am in Washington DC. So I guess you can call me a citizen of the world or a gypsy which is what my mom calls me!

PHILOSOPHY

Live and Let Live

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have hosted several people when I lived in Granada last summer, also up for meeting fellow couch surfers for coffee or drinks.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Met some great people when I was hosting in Spain, great experiences!

Interests

writing, politics, photography, Islamic art and architecture, Sadeqain, Kashmir, silver, Frida Kahlo, Dali, Spain, horses, man jewellery, Los Porteños, soccer

• horses
• arts
• writing
• architecture
• photography
• coffee
• drinking
• flying
• politics
• traveling
• muslim
• soccer
• international relations
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Requiem for a Dream, Hamam, Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion

Music: The Cranberries, U2, Fleetwood Mac, Sara Bareilles, The Corrs, The Killers

Books: Samarkand and Leo the African by Amin Ma'alouf, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, One Hundred Years of Solitude & Living to Tell the Tale by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Islam - A Short History by Karen Armstrong, anything by Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Almost drowned in a ferry to Uruguay, travelled in Southern Argentina by car for four weeks, worked with Kashmiri earthquake refugees for a summer

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, France, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Kuwait, Lebanon, Monaco, Netherlands, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Pakistan, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

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