Hello,
my name is Alexander and currently I‘m currently a PhD student in Islamic Studies at the University of Heidelberg. As such, you might have guessed, I'm interested in the Middle East and politics. However, this is not all. I also like good music (mostly classic but also jazz) and books. Unfortunately, I don‘t have that much time to read right now.

In my bachelors degree, I also studied Oriental Studies and learned Arabic (even though I wouldn‘t claim that I could speak very well). For that, I was a time in Jordan and Lebanon and enjoy the Middle Eastern cuisine a lot.

Beside my studies, I like to meet with friends, have a good time and meet new people.

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

Getting to know new places is nice. Even nicer is to get to new people, too.

Intereses

• arts
• architecture
• politics
• music
• political science
• museums
• middle east

Música, películas y libros

Maybe I seem to be a bit too old for it, by I highly recomend Michael Ende's "Momo". Also, Stefan Zweig and Heinrich Böll can tell some amazing stories.

Everyday, the radio is playing in the background. I couldn't imagine not living with music and, therefore, I'm very open to a lot of generes although I like clasical music the most. Besides that I try to play more the piano. But I#m not that successful at that.

Enseña, aprende, comparte

Good food needn't to be fancy. Sometimes the simple things taste better. I would recomend a piece of bread and butter with salt.

Qué puedo ofrecer a los anfitriones

I like to share thoughts and good discussions with each other about nearly everything.

Países que he visitado

Austria, Canada, Egypt, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Spain

Países en los que he vivido

Jordan, Lebanon