I am open minded guy blessed with curiosity to explore new cultures. Traveling, Trying new things in life and meeting opinionated individuals is what I live for. So you have found me. Here I am, just testing the waters to see ''who'' is out there. I am currently doing my masters with scholarship from Turkey. The first and foremost reason I moved to Turkey for studies was the thirst for first hand knowledge about a different culture/history. I would love to keep in touch with that experience and to keep collecting new moments. For that very purpose I will be pursuing my Erasmus+ summer semester in Szczecin Poland starting this march.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

''Variety is a spice of life''. People have always intrigued me. I wanted to know everyone different then myself from a young age. There were two basic reasons for feeling different myself. First I was a gay guy and second I was always against living in a bubble never getting to experience new moments. It started with books, I was drawn to World History in general; European History , History of Indian Subcontinent and Islamic History in specific. All of them entailing endless characters to meet and stories to share in. I wondered what I was searching for, until I realized I wasn’t searching at all, I was exploring. Some people explore forests, the sky and what not. I like to explore them people : how they live? how and why they’re happy? what and from which perspective they see? I love to have endless discussions about history, art, culture. Always looking for something deep and different. Even while reading various histories I was trying to experience new personalities. But that was then and now I am able to do the exploring in reality via traveling and what better way to do so then with Couchsurfing! Sometimes the way in which life moves means you have to stay put but not me. Finding quality moments with friends is an elusive enough endeavor, let alone finding space for new people. I have always felt that each one of us has stories surrounding him/her but I still crave the exotic. I want to meet a man who dances in secret every day, someone who dose not restrict interacting with others just because of different religious or culture beliefs . With couchsurfing I am aiming to add value to my life that will be everlasting.

Interests

• photography
• lgbt rights
• traveling
• blogging
• music
• live music
• philosophy
• films
• deep conversations

Music, Movies, and Books

My music sense has always been very diverse. But if i have to pick the absolute favorites that come to mind will be Queen, Bastille, Coldplay, Coke Studio Pakistan, Ricky Martin, Zayn Malik, Adele, Chet Faker, Lana Del Rey, Enrique Iglesius, Bruno Mars and other artists. and Blues as music genre in terms of guitar is my favorite. In movies & TV series I love The Breakfast Club, Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting, Kapoor and Sons, Pride, Sense8 , Game of Thrones, Riverdale, Stranger things etc. In books there are many history favorites but in mainstream The Count of Monte Cristo, A song of Ice and fire, Harry potter series are favorite.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Realized my dream to venture outside of my own culture/society. I was the first one in my family to make the decision to pursue scholarship abroad. In that moment that felt pretty amazing but now I have a feeling that euro trip will take that feeling to a whole new level.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach to cook traditional Pakistani dish - Bryani, not that I am that good at cooking. Just observed mother cooking it many times :p I always wanted to learn playing an instrument. Learning to play Guitar will be amazing and helpful in expressing myself : )

What I Can Share with Hosts

I would love to share cultural knowledge/stories relevant to Pakistan and Turkey.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Pakistan, Poland, Turkey