Hi,

I'm a comedian, physicist and I am always drawing. I'm on CS to have fun and meet people from around the world - rather than just other travellers at hostels. I'm a very relaxed guy and I tend to get along with everyone. I love to chat - let's talk about all this in real life!

I lived in London for the past few years and just graduated from a postgrad. education course at the University of Cambridge, but I have been travelling whenever I could. In Cambridge, I was affiliated with the Cambridge Footlights, performing stand-up and sketch comedy.

I'm a culturally mixed person - I was born in Libya and grew up in Manchester, England. I have learned so much from growing up in two very different environments and I have a very open-minded and curious attitude to everything. I travel to see weird, wonderful or just ordinary things.

I'm a big fan of physics and can talk about it endlessly. I also love to cook up odd art projects and I will certainly have my sketchbooks that you can take a look at, which I usually keep as a comic-book diary of my travels.

........NOTE ON ME HOSTING:
I currently cannot host people due to living circumstances. When I was in London, I always let anyone sleep on my sofa, from a friend who stayed with me for a month to a couple of foreign people I hosted. I LOVE to host but I never used this website for it before, so it is not recorded on here (but see my references). But I am a big fan of hosting as well as surfing and I always make sure to include guests in my plans and to show them the REAL London. I hope I can host again soon.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It's one of the best ideas ever - to meet nice people, host/be hosted by locals rather than tourist-made hotels and to share cultures.

I am >>>NOT JUST LOOKING FOR A FREE PLACE TO SLEEP<<< - it is *NOT* about money at all but about sharing life and enjoying ourselves.

I think it's too easy to get comfortable with your own culture and ideas and forget that there are different ways to live! I think the biggest joys are in sharing what we have in common and in discovering what we do differently, even in the most mundane ways.

Interests

I am not couch surfing to do the same hobbies I did at home! Take me to your favourite bar, your yoga class, your punk concert, your walk in the forest... I am interested in what YOU are interested in.

I love travelling on a budget - I've been all over the place! Ask me for some of my travel stories; I travelled 5000km over land and sea with no plan through the desert from the Chinese border (Kyrgyzstan) to the Turkish border in Georgia, road tripped on a shitty moped around Vietnam and thailand, learned all about the slovenian squat party scene, camped in the wild for a month, climbed mount fuji, volunteered to teach english, bungee jumped, broke into an abandoned berlin theme park, accidentally smoked opium in a car park with some car park security guards, drank fermented camel milk...

• arts
• sketching
• clubbing
• technology
• music
• hip-hop music
• cycling
• hiking
• philosophy
• dance
• techno
• conversation
• radio
• journaling
• rap music
• eastern philosophy
• political philosophy
• philosophy of science

Music, Movies, and Books

I am a big BIG music fan, used to host a radio show on RARE fm called 'Suck It And See' wherein I played weird and wonderful music to broaden peoples' horizons. Once, I invited a stranger from tinder onto the show and broadcast the first date live on air, which was a great experience. Let's hope our time together is as fun!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Took an image of an individual atom using quantum tunnelling.

I have a long list - invite me and I'll tell you more!

Teach, Learn, Share

I speak English and Arabic natively and I can practise either language with you, if you want. Or you can laugh at my Manchester accent/ Libyan dialect.

I love to draw and keep illustrated travel journals - I will probably try to draw you or both of us.
I will supply all the beer you could possibly wish for (if you are a modest wisher).

Ask me about my life - I think I have lived quite an unusual life and I have a lot of stories to tell and a lot of people have told me that I tell stories well, although I like to take a long time.

I also love talking about physics to people - don't worry, its actually very interesting

What I Can Share with Hosts

FUN!! Of course, I will try to make it a night to remember for you - many stories, interesting chat and plenty of beer will all be provided by me.

I will help you with pretty much anything you want, too. I don't know what that will be, but I probably won't say no.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Croatia, France, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macao, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

England