CURRENT MISSION

To open up my country to the world - also, it's hard to beat a good laugh

ABOUT ME

I'm hopelessly midwestern, but I enjoy travelling to other places and meeting people from anywhere. I come from a big Lebanese family in a suburb of Detroit who I miss terribly. Cooking is very important. And then, food in mouth, I make theater.

PHILOSOPHY

Approach all things poetically

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfer and one-time host -- just starting a new life in London, so my couch is not open yet

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted a lot of folks when living in Chicago -- often a shocking city for foreigners! -- and have travelled through Europe, Lebanon, and US as surfer

Interests

Writing and reading, poetry, music, clowning, bike riding, going places by train

• writing
• poetry
• theater
• dining
• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies/TV: Fellini, Fargo, thrillers, The Sopranos, Almodovar, Kurosawa, Breaking Bad, Touch of Evil, M

Music: Motown, Mozart, the New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Blues, Shostakovich, Johnny Cash, Bach, the Fugees, Kanye West

Books: Murakami, Faulkner, Joyce, Dylan Thomas, and Russians: Tolstoy, Gogol, Pushkin

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiking the Kadisha Valley in Lebanon

Teach, Learn, Share

I can cook Lebanese food. I'd like to learn more languages.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A good meal -- I love to cook

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Mexico, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, England, Ireland, Scotland, United States

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